CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NOMINATIONS The Government Information Technology Services (GITS) Board plans to launch a Center of Excellence for Information Technology (CEIT) in the Fall 1999. The CEIT will showcase organizations that have successfully applied we-enabled technology to their business processing resulting in significant savings/process improvements to the organization. A model of the CEIT will be showcased at the Virtual GOvernemnt COnference, sponsored by Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), February 23-25, 1999 in Washington, DC. The GITS Board is seeking nominations from both private and public sector organizations to showcase their we-enabled applications at the Virtual Governemnt Conference in FEbruary 1999. An evaluation team will select several web-enabled business processes that meet the high standards that will be expected from the CEIT. Chosen organizations will be contacted early January 1999. Entires are due December 4, 1998 and should be e mailed to: Michele Heffner at michele.heffner@gsa.gov or by Mail: Centers of Excellence for Information Technology C/O General Services Administration, Attn: Michele Heffner 1800 & F Streets, NW., Room 2227, Washington, DC 20405. Entries must include the following: Name of Organization; POC, address, telephone #, email; Description of business process with applied Web-enaabled technology; Description of Technolgoy; Amount of Savings; Direct Benefits; Indirect Benefits; Supporting documentation (e.g. brief description of how the we-enabled technolgoy is part of the business unit's information technology architecture, awards, articles, etc).***** WEB: Center of Excellence for Information Technology Nominations, http://www.usa.gov/procuement/index.html. E-MAIL: Michele.Heffner@gsa.gov, Michele. Heffner@gsa.gov. Posted 11/05/98 (W-SN268921).

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