ALERT: AT&T Network Disaster Recovery (NDR) Exercise in Washington, DC

Rex Whitacre, FEMA, to Deliver Keynote Address at AT&T Business Continuity
Forum

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Locations: AT&T Business Continuity Forum: Hyatt Regency on Capitol
Hill in Washington, DC.

AT&T NDR Exercise: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in
Washington, DC.

Date/Time: Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 8:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT

Please call Alex Kepnes at (202) 828-8835, if you plan to
cover, and a time will be arranged for a visit to the AT&T
NDR exercise site.

Keynote: Mr. Rex A, Whitacre, Chief, IT Operations, IT Directorate,
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security, will deliver the keynote address at the AT&T
Business Continuity Forum at 10:00 am. He is responsible
for directing and coordinating all disaster IT enterprise
infrastructure activities.

Activity: AT&T Business Continuity Forum: will draw hundreds of
government and business leaders and will include forum
participants and sponsors such as Cisco Systems, EMC, and
Juniper. AT&T speakers include Kevin R. Peters, Executive
Vice President, Global Network Operations, AT&T, and Ed
Amoroso, Chief Security Officer, AT&T, who will discuss
network recovery and cyber security within the enterprise.

AT&T NDR Exercise Demonstration: will test and evaluate how
well AT&T responds to a natural or man-made disaster.

Media Op: Disaster Recovery Demonstration: Reporters and camera crews
are invited to conduct interviews and capture the rapid
response telecom infrastructure restoration activity -
including a full hazmat squad - that would take place in a
disaster. These are activities rarely witnessed by media
and the public.

Search Dog Demonstration of Rescue Dog Training: National
Disaster Search Dog Foundation teams will demonstrate
search and rescue of a victim with canine teammates.

Reporters and camera crews are invited to cover most of the
major speeches; interviews with AT&T executives are also
available.

More information is available at www.att.com/ndr.

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For more information, contact:
Alex KepnesDanielle Wuschke
Office: (202) 828-8835 Office: (617) 692-0509
Mobile: (703) 575-8900 Mobile: (617) 251-3837
E-mail: alex.kepnes@fleishman.com E-mail: danielle.wuschke@fleishman.com

/PRNewswire -- July 10/

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