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For immediate release: October 29, 2001
Contact: Nancy Howard

NASCIO TO HOLD SECURITY AND CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION FORUM

NASCIO will hold a Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection Forum on November 13-14 in the Washington, DC area. The upcoming meeting will be hosted by the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Endowment for the Business of Government, a nonprofit arm of PwC that results from their previous commitment to sponsor a digital government symposium with NASCIO. The symposium has been reconfigured to focus on security and critical infrastructure protection.

At this initial meeting, only CIOs and key members of their staff will meet to identify high level principles that will assist state government departments and agencies in developing a comprehensive security program.

WHO: Rock Regan, NASCIO President and CIO for the State of Connecticut
Thom Rubel, Director of State IT Programs, Center for Best Practices, National Governors Association (NGA)

WHAT: Members of the press are invited to attend a press conference for a briefing on the outcomes of this meeting at the conclusion of the forum.

WHEN: Wednesday, November 14th, 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. ET

WHERE: Loudon Room - 3rd Floor
Washington Dulles Airport Marriott
Dulles, VA 20166

Attached is a list of discussion topics for the forum [Word document]. A short time after this event, NASCIO will produce a written report of the proceedings and a summary of deliverables.

For additional information please contact Nancy Howard at 859-514-9213 or Matthew Trail at 859-514-9212.

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