FORUM ON CERTIFICATION/LICENSING OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERS Elliot Chikofsky, Rome Laboratory, 315/330-1442. The National Software Council is hosting a forum/conference to examine the question ``Should U.S. software engineers be licensed?'' on 25-26 June 1996 in St Louis, Missouri. The forum will examine each side of the issues surrounding professional certification and its effect on the U.S. software industry. The NSC Forum is in cooperation with Naval Surface Warfare Center (Dahlgren Division), IEEE Computer Society, ACM, and Washington University CAIT, with assistance from Rome Laboratory. The home page for the NSC Forum is http://www.nscusa.org/forum96/. Direct questions to email forum@nscusa.org, phone (617) 272-0049, fax (617) 272-8464.

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