CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SEEKS NOMINATIONS Center of Excellence for Information Technology Seeks Nominations of Sucessful IT process Improvement Projects for Conference The Governmenet Information Technology (GITS) Board plans to launch a Center of Excellence for Information Technology (CEIT) Pavilion at the Virtual Government Conference, sponsored by Armed Forces Commnications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), February 23-24, 2000 in Washington, DC. The CEIT will showcase organizations that have successfully applied technology to their business processes resulting in significant savings/process improvements to the organization. The GITS Board is seeking nominations from both private and public sector organizations to showcase their web-enabled applications at the Virtual Government Conference in February 2000. Applications and strategic focus areas may include E-Commerce, Smart Cards as enabling technologies, Procurement/Acquisition, Telework and Virtual Offices, Human Resources Systems, Collaborative uses of technologies for Administrative Functions, Knowledge Management, Performance Management, Privacy and Security, Distance Learning and Training, Accessibility technologies, Intergovernmental Partnerhips, Public Safety, Property Management and others. Entries must include the following: Name or organization POC, address, telephone #, email Description of business process which applied Web-Enabled technology Description of Technology Amount of savings Direct benefits Indirect benefits Supporting documentation (e.g. brief description of how the web-enabled technolgoy is part of the business unit's information technolgoy architecture, awards, articles, etc) An evaluation team will select several web-enabled business processes that meet the high standards expected from the CEIT. Chosen orgnaizations will be contacted early Juanuary 2000. Exhibitors will incur costs for space, equipment, graphics, etc., associated with their respective demonstrations. CEIT awards will be presented to CEIT exhibitors during the Virtual Government Conference. Entires are due December 15, 1999 and should be emailed to: Pat Smith at pat.smith@gsa.gov Or by Mail: Centers of Excellence for Information Technology c/o General Services Administration, ATTN: Pat Smith 1800 F Street NW Room 2227 Washington, DC 20405 (Potential sources to advertise: CBD, FCW, GCN, Government Executive, Washington Technology, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post Business Section) WEB: Center of Excellence for Information Technology Seeks, http://wwwpost/fts2k.gsa.gov/gsa-docs/. E-MAIL: pat.smith@gsa.gov, pat.smith@gsa.gov. Posted 12/02/99 (W-SN405080).

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