News Briefs

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News Briefs

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FOR FRESHMAN SENATOR AND HIS LAPTOP COMPUTER, NO CHIPPING AWAY OF TRADITION-"The 21st century may be at hand, Microsoft's Bill Gates may be a household name, and computer chips may inhabit everything from cars to toys. But senators cannot use laptop computers on the Senate floor, and that's final" (The Washington Post).

AMTRAK, UNION AGREE ON CONTRACT-"Amtrak and the union representing its track-maintenance workers reached tentative agreement yesterday on a new labor contract, averting a strike threatened for Thursday" (The Washington Post).

THE FEDERAL DIARY-Pays tribute to "a true man of the people," John Sturdivant, president of the American Federation of Government Employees (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.

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.