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Former \"e-gov Czar\" Mark Forman joins host Mark Amtower on today\'s program. September 26, 2011

September 27, 2011 — Host Mark Amtower interviews Mark Forman, co-founder of Government Transaction Services and former CIO at the Office of Management and Budget.

Topics include:

  • a brief history Mr Forman’s career, including IT acquisition reform legislation (FASA, Clinger-Cohen)
  • Forman’s groundbreaking job as the first government- wide CIO and the various initiatives that were implemented during and after his term in that role
  • the importance of government-industry communications (especially with professional groups like ACT-IAC, TechAmerica and AFFIRM)
  • current rulings regarding those communications.

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