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News Briefs

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CLINTON WILL USE LINE ITEM VETO ON MILITARY BILL-"President Clinton will make the first extensive use of his new line-item veto authority today by striking funding for 30 to 50 projects--worth nearly $300 million--from a $9.2 billion military construction bill that he signed last week, White House officials said yesterday" (The Washington Post).

WHITE HOUSE VIDEO CREW TAPED COFFEES-"The White House this weekend turned over to Senate investigators what it described as belatedly discovered videotapes of 44 of President Clinton's controversial coffees with campaign contributors" (The Washington Post).

IT'S OFFICIAL-"Virginia Apuzzo, formerly executive director of the National Gay and lesbian Task Force, a New York state official and more recently associate deputy secretary of labor, has been named head of the office of Management and Administration at the White House (The Washington Post).

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Access America Conferences

The National Performance Review (NPR), will launch a series of informational conferences aimed at providing government employees and private industry IT officials with techniques and strategies for implementing the goals of Access America, an NPR report outlining steps to increase access--via the Internet--to government services. The first conference will be held November 3 (changed from September 25) in Baltimore, Md. and then will travel to other cities across the country. Expert panels will discuss IT topics, including Internet/Intranet successes, the future of Distance Learning and collaboration, IT acquisition and procurement reform, and privacy and security.

Industry Advisory Council's Executive Leadership Conference

October 5-7, 1997 Richmond, Virginia. Forty-six hours of exciting and important keynotes, workshops and frank discussions on the topics foremost in the minds of both government and industry leaders such as "How the Internet is changing the way we do business;" "Public vs private competition: Does it make sense?" and "Past Performance of Past Performance." $265 for government attendees and $425 for industry members. Register separately at the Richmond Marriott (804) 643-3400. Contact Mary Ellen Geoffroy, Executive Director of IAC at 703-218-1965.

DTIC Annual Conference

The Defense Technical Information Center is presenting its Annual Users Meeting and Training Conference on Nov. 3-6, 1997 at the DoubleTree Hotel, National Airport, Arlington, Va. The conference theme is Information in the New Millenium. Contact Ms. Julia Foscue at 703-767-8236 or by e-mail at jfoscue@dtic.mil.