National Leaders Address Issues of Government Transparency

Open Government in the Digital Age Summit in NYS

ALBANY, NY (03/19/2010)(readMedia)-- The Office of the New York State Chief Information Officer/New York State Office for Technology and the New York State Archives will host the 2010 Open Government in the Digital Age Summit on Friday, March 19, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Clark Auditorium in the Cultural Education Center (New York State Museum), in Albany.

Featured speakers include:

9:45am -10:30am David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States

11:50 am - 12:30pm Beth S. Noveck, U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Open Government

4:10pm - 5:00pm Paul Taylor, Chief Content Officer, e. Republic, Inc.

More than 250 people representing local and state governments, industry and academia are expected to attend.

A full agenda can be viewed at: www.cio.ny.gov/Events/DAsummit.htm

The event is supported by the New York State Archives Partnership Trust, with support from IBM, Microsoft and Red Hat.

Members of the media interested in interviews with New York State Chief Information Officer Dr. Melodie Mayberry-Stewart, New York State Archivist Christine W, Ward or the event's featured presenters should contact Angela Liotta or Robert Bullock.

Media Contact NYS CIO/OFT

Angela R. Liotta

T: 518-402-3899

C: 518-817-5574

E: angela.liotta@cio.ny.gov

Media Contact NYS Archives

Robert Bullock

T: 518-473-7105

C: 518-248-2155

E: RBULLOCK@MAIL.NYSED.GOV

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