BSA and CSIS to Host High-Level Policy Forum on Key E-Government and Information Security Policy Issues 7/9/2003
From: Jeri Clausing of BSA, 202-530-5127, jeric@bsa.org or Caroline Dietz, 202-715-1532, caroline.dietz@dittus.com News Advisory: The Business Software Alliance (BSA) and the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) will host an invitation-only policy forum on Capitol Hill on July 10, 2003. The forum will provide Members of Congress and staff, federal officials, and industry executives an opportunity to examine government and industry efforts to advance e-government and the important role of information security to enable e-government. WHAT: "Securing Information Infrastructure in the E-Gov Era" WHERE: U.S. Capitol Building, Room HC-5 WHEN: Thursday, July 10, 7:45 - 11:30 a.m. (Continental Breakfast will be served.) WHO: Robert Holleyman, BSA president and CEO, will deliver the opening remarks, and Jim Lewis, CSIS Director of Technology Policy, will moderate the expert panel. Other confirmed speakers include: Dan Burton, vice president, Government Relations, Entrust, Inc.; Scott Charney, chief trustworthy computing strategist, Microsoft; Mark Forman, administrator, Office of IT and E-Gov, Office of Management and Budget; Tim Hoechst, senior vice president, Technology, Oracle; Drew Ladner, CIO, U.S. Department of Treasury; John Landwehr, security group manager, Adobe Systems; U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cyber Security; Tim McNulty, special assistant to the Provost for Strategic Technology Initiatives, Carnegie Mellon University; George Newstrom, Secretary of Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia; U.S. Representative Adam Putnam (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and the Census; Douglas Sabo, director, Government and Community Relations, Network Associates, and chair, BSA Security Working Group; and U.S. Representative Pete Sessions (R-Texas), vice chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cyber Security. To RSVP: Press - Contact Jeri Clausing (jeric@bsa.org / 202-530-5127) or Caroline Dietz (caroline.dietz@dittus.com / 202-715-1532). Other - This event is invitation only. Please e-mail Dan Fix at danf@bsa.org or Joelle Laszlo at jlaszlo@csis.org for additional information. For more information and a full agenda, please visit http://www.bsa.org/usa/policy/security/event.phtml. ------ About BSA The Business Software Alliance (www.bsa.org) is the foremost organization dedicated to promoting a safe and legal digital world. BSA is the voice of the world's commercial software industry and its hardware partners before governments and in the international marketplace. Its members represent the fastest growing industry in the world. BSA programs foster technology innovation through education and policy initiatives that promote copyright protection, cyber security, trade and e-commerce. BSA members include Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Avid, Bentley Systems, Borland, Cisco Systems, CNC Software/Mastercam, Entrust, HP, IBM, Intel, Internet Security Systems, Intuit, Macromedia, Microsoft, Network Associates, Novell, PeopleSoft, SeeBeyond, Sybase and Symantec. About CSIS CSIS (http://www.csis.org) is an independent, nonpartisan public policy research organization dedicated to providing world leaders with strategic insights on, and policy solutions to, current and emerging global issues. CSIS is headquartered in Washington, D.C. | |