Open Source in Government Conference

Please join us for a conference on "How does Open Source provide an
Innovative Solution for E-Government?"

Free registration for the press using code: TMCGBR3F

The Center of Open Source & Government and the U.S. General Services
Administration (GSA) are co-sponsoring a conference in Washington, DC,
March 15-17, 2004. See www.egovos.org for more information and to
register.

Key Highlights:

* Marc Andreessen, Chairman and Co-founder of Opsware Inc, Co-founder of
Netscape, Key player in the Internet Revolution
* Mary Mitchell, Program Executive for eGovernment Policy, GSA
* Bob Haycock, FEA Chief Architect, OMB
* Dawn Meyerriecks, CTO, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
* Barbara Held, German Federal Ministry of the Interior
* John Borras, Assistant Director, Office of the e-Envoy, UK Cabinet Office
* Claudia Boldman, Director of Policy and Architecture, Information
Technology Division, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Highlighted topics of innovative developments involving Open Source
software include:

* Federal Enterprise Architecture
* Identity Management
* Government and Commercial Experiences
* DoD Experiences
* State and Local Government Experiences
* Legal Issues
* Interoperability and Open Standards Issues
* Security Issues and
* Cost Sharing and Savings Potential.

For more information and to register see the conference website at
www.egovos.org. Free registration for the press using code: TMCGBR3F

Contact: Tony Stanco at 202-994-5513 or tony@egovos.org