THE SENATE
                 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                 THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                  REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

           COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY
              Senator David Y. Ige, Co-Chair
            Senator Norman Sakamoto, Vice-Chair

            JOINT LEGISLATIVE ACCESS COMMITTEE
                Senator Les Ihara, Co-Chair
             Representative Ken Ito, Co-Chair

             NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

        DATE:    Friday, January 22, 1999

        TIME:    1:00 p.m.

        PLACE:   Conference Room 329
                 State Capitol
                 415 South Beretania Street


                        A G E N D A


An informational briefing will be held to discuss how and why the
federal government is expanding information technology via the
Internet, what administrative policy changes were necessary to
implement IT procurement over the Internet, what benefits
Internet procurement has achieved, and more.

The panelists are:
 Kenn Kojima, Regional Administrator, U.S. General Services
Administration, San Francisco, California.
 Bob T. Johnston, Assistant Regional Administrator, Pacific Rim
Region, Federal Technology Service, General Services
Administration, Alameda California.
 Mary G.R. Whitley, Deputy Assistant Commissioner for the
Office of Information Technology Integration, Federal
Telecommunications Service, General Services Administration,
Annandale, Virginia.
 Chris Gehring, Director of Public and Americas International
On-Line Business Division, Dell Computer Corporation.


If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services
to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign language
interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for

 
the disabled), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior
to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-
6230.



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Senator David Y. Ige              Senator Les Ihara
Co-Chair                          Co-Chair

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Senator Norman Sakamoto           Representative Ken Ito
Vice-Chair                        Co-Chair