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GOSCON DC 2009: Post-Conference Wrap-Up

The November 5, 2009 GOSCON DC is now a successful footnote in conference history. Many thanks to those who attended, to our speakers, and to our sponsors for making it so.

The conference is part of an ongoing series produced by the Open Souce Lab at Oregon State University in collaboration with government IT leadership and private industry. We're hearing good things about the first DC event and encourage feedback to help us keep the conference highly relevant to public service IT professional GOSCON serves.

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Fed Cooperative CENDI Releases New FAQ, Emphasis on Open Source Software

Vicki E. Allums, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) will join GOSCON this week to discuss a new document released today by CENDI, a cooperative of the major Federal science, technology and information centers. The document entitled “Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright and Computer Software: Issues Affecting the U.S.

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GOSCON DC Keynotes Announced

We're pleased to announce our GOSCON DC 2009 Keynotes!

Breakfast Keynote: Mr. David M. Wennergren, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Information Management and Technology / Deputy Chief Information Officer US Department of Defense
Luncheon Keynote: Dr. David G. Boyd, Ph.D., Director, Command, Control and Interoperability Division Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Other Speaker Highlights include:

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David M. Wennergren

Mr. David M. Wennergren serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Information Management and Technology / Deputy Chief Information Officer, providing top-level advocacy in creating a unified information management and technology vision for the Department and ensuring the delivery of the capabilities required to achieve the Department’s transformation to net centric...