29th Management of Change Conference to Feature Keynote Address by Vivek Kundra,...

29th Management of Change Conference to Feature Keynote Address by Vivek
Kundra, First Federal CIO

Conference to Focus on Transformation Issues Through Dynamic Tracks, Exciting
Plenary Addresses, and A Leadership Breakfast

FAIRFAX, Va., March 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Council for
Technology (ACT) announced its 29th annual Management of Change Conference
(MOC) entitled, "Orienteering Change: Charting a Course for Transformation."
The MOC will be held at the Marriott Norfolk Waterside from Sunday, May 31st
through Tuesday, June 2nd and will focus on "mapping out" the best manner in
which to respond to new government IT requirements.

Topics to be explored include: cost effectiveness and financial
accountability; green technology; increased efficiency; and identifying new
and expanded tools for IT operations, such as social networking. Workshop
tracks will offer collaborative opportunities to federal, state, and local
government IT officials and private sector contractors.

Vivek Kundra, the nation's first Federal CIO, will deliver the opening keynote
address on Monday evening. He will offer his view on the position of federal
CIO and other IT issues.

"We are delighted to welcome Mr. Kundra and our other speakers and panel
members," said Casey Coleman, government co-chair of the 2009 MOC. "We are
specifically focusing on the issues that revolve around transition and
transformation and have created a powerful program which includes four dynamic
workshop sessions, outstanding keynote and plenary speakers and a popular,
more intimate, leadership breakfast. The challenges that we're facing have
also been woven into our program.. We are using this conference, in part, to
discuss and exchange ideas about some of those challenges such as managing the
upcoming workforce, learning what Web 2.0 has to offer, and how to be a
positive 'change agent' bringing organizational development programs to our
agencies and companies."

"As a non-profit, collaborative organization, we've been able to present the
new administration with white papers detailing some of our thoughts on
utilizing IT to help serve the citizens better," said Joe Dawson, industry
co-chair of the 2009 MOC. "We hope to help the incoming administration by
being an impartial resource for them. By facilitating robust dialogue at this
conference between industry and government we feel we can collaborate on ways
to measure the effectiveness of various programs within an agency or
organization, discuss workforce and other generational challenges common to
both of us, and help each other rethink managing data in a new and more
dynamic knowledge management environment. We're pleased that this is one of
the more popular conferences every year. To that end, we encourage everyone
to register early as we have limited space to accommodate participants."

Registration is now open to government and industry. The complete schedule and
all registration information are available at the ACT website:
www.actgov.org/MOC2009. Attendance is limited to 450 government and industry
executives in order to facilitate maximum collaboration and communication.

Additionally, a number of sponsorship opportunities remain. Please contact
Charlene Nieman, Sponsorship Manager at [703.208.4800 x205 and
cnieman@actgov.org] regarding sponsorship inquiries.

About ACT-IAC - Government and Industry IT: One Vision, One Community

The American Council for Technology (ACT) is a non-profit educational
organization founded in 1979 to assist government in serving the public
through the effective and efficient acquisition of information technology (IT)
resources. ACT provides education, programming, and networking opportunities
to enhance and advance the government IT profession. ACT celebrates its
30-year anniversary in 2009.

In 1989, ACT established the Industry Advisory Council (IAC) to foster a
collaborative environment between industry and government in the IT arena.
Through this collaboration, industry and government executives exchange
information, support professional development, improve communications, and
build partnerships. IAC celebrates its 20-year anniversary in 2009.

ACT-IAC has been recognized as the premier public-private partnership in the
government IT community, and serves as an example of how government and
industry can work together. Through this unique relationship, ACT-IAC provides
an objective, professional, and ethical forum for government and industry
leaders to address common issues towards a shared vision. For more
information, visit www.actgov.org or call (703) 208-4800.

SOURCE American Council for Technology

Fern Krauss, Fern Krauss Public Relations, +1-301-424-9140,
krauss@ix.netcom.com, for The American Council for Technology