IP: TECHNOLOGY LEADERS TO CALL FOR IT INVESTMENTS

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> > MEDIA ADVISORY
> > Contacts:
> > Lisa Thompson, CRA, 202-234-2111
> > Josh McCloskey, Alexander Ogilvy Public Relations, 415-923-1660
> >
> > THE COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION AND THE TECHNOLOGY NETWORK TO HOST NEWS
> > CONFERENCE ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST.  TECHNOLOGY LEADERS WILL CALL ON
> > POLICYMAKERS TO ENSURE FULL SUPPORT FOR INVESTMENTS IN INFORMATION
> > TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
> >
> > Washington, DC (August 30, 1999) - The Computing Research Association and
> > the Technology Network (TechNet) will host a news conference at 1:00 pm EST
> > on Wednesday, September 1, 1999, at the National Press Club, Zenger Room,
> > (529 14th Street NW, 13th floor) to discuss the implications of pending
> > budget cuts for widely supported proposals to expand the federal investment
> > in information technology research. Five distinguished leaders in the
> > information technology field will appear at the news conference to make
> > brief remarks and respond to questions:
> >
> > *       Eric A. Benhamou - Chairman and CEO, 3Com Corporation; Member,
> > Executive Council, The Technology Network; PITAC Member
> >
> > *       Vinton Cerf - Senior Vice President for Internet Architecture and
> > Technology, MCI WorldCom;  PITAC Member
> >
> > *       Ken Kennedy - Ann and John Doerr Professor of Computational
> > Engineering and Director, Center for Research on Parallel Computation, Rice
> > University; PITAC Member and former Co-Chair
> >
> > *       Edward Lazowska - Board Chair, Computing Research Association;
> > Chair, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of
> > Washington
> >
> > *       David C. Nagel - Chief Technology Officer, AT&T and President, AT&T
> > Labs; PITAC Member
> >
> > In addition, a forthcoming statement of the President's Information
> > Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) will be released at the news
> > conference. The PITAC statement will underscore the importance of providing
> > full funding for proposed increases in information technology research and
> > the negative impact on America's future of proposed budget cuts.
> > Appropriations bills currently before the Congress would cut such funding by
> > as much as 70 percent.
> >
> > This and other written statements from various corporate leaders and
> > advocacy and policy organizations, also to be released on Wednesday, will
> > call on the President and the Congress to work together to ensure full
> > support for a strategic program of broad based, long-term information
> > technology research, a proposal originated by the PITAC and embodied in the
> > Administration's Information Technology for the Twenty-First Century
> > initiative and bipartisan legislation, the Networking and Information
> > Technology Research and Development Act (H.R. 2086), authored by House
> > Science Committee Chair James Sensenbrenner.
> >
> > About Computing Research Association:
> >
> > The Computing Research Association (CRA) is an association of more than 180
> > North American academic departments of computer science and computer
> > engineering; laboratories and centers in industry, government, and academia
> > engaging in basic computing research; and affiliated professional societies.
> > For more information on CRA please see http://www.cra.org
> >
> > About TechNet:
> >
> > TechNet is a national bipartisan political network. Its mission is to help
> > its members build working relationships with national and state political
> > leaders and pass federal and state laws that will help foster the New
> > Economy. Its primary public policy priorities for 1999 are: to strengthen
> > the nation's investment in basic research by enacting a permanent R&D tax
> > credit and increasing federal funding for basic research, to protect current
> > accounting rules for business combinations and stock options, and to improve
> > K-12 education.  For more information on TechNet please see
> > http://www.technetwork.org
> >
> > Contacts:
> > Lisa Thompson, CRA, 202-234-2111
> > Josh McCloskey, Alexander Ogilvy Public Relations, 415-923-1660
> >
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> >
> >
> >
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> > Lisa A. Thompson
> > Director of Government Affairs
> > Computing Research Association
> > 1100 17th Street NW, Suite 507
> > Washington, DC  20036
> > 202-234-2111 / 202-667-1066 fax
> > thompson () cra org
> > http://www.cra.org/main/cra.gov.html
> >
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