Hear What Feds Have to Say at FedTalks 2010

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Oct. 12, FedScoop, the Government IT community's most comprehensive source of media, advertising and strategic networking events, will be hosting a one day conference, bringing the most influential executives from the federal government, tech industry and media together for FedTalks 2010, to discuss how technology can support and improve our government's key goals and initiatives.

The event, to be held at Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW, is set to begin at 9 a.m. and will bring together the most important thought leaders from federal agencies, the White House, Congress, the media, and tech company giants.

Confirmed speakers for the event include: Arianna Huffington, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Huffington Post; Alec Ross, Senior Advisor for Innovation to Secretary Clinton; Chris Kemp, CTO of NASA; Craig Newmark, Founder of Craigslist.org; Congressman Jim Moran of the 8th District of Virginia; Sonny Bhagowalia, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies, GSA; Gigi Schumm, VP of Symantec Public Sector; Gwynne Kostin, Co-Director of the Center for New Media & Citizen Engagement; and Robert Bole, VP, Digital Media Strategy Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

"Over the course of the year we've held five major VIP gatherings, each one concentrating on one of the five key pillars that Federal CIO Vivek Kundra has identified as IT priorities for the Obama Administration – innovation, cyber security, transparency, engaging citizens, and lowering the cost of government through technology," said Goldy Kamali, founder and CEO of FedScoop. "FedTalks 2010 will bring the best and brightest from the community back together to discuss real examples of how technology can change government."

FedScoop will also be hosting a reception at FedTalks 2010 that will begin at 5:30 pm to celebrate their 2nd anniversary. Since launching in October of 2008, FedScoop, a woman-owned, Virginia-based company, has continued to grow substantially year over year and has plenty of reason to celebrate. The reception will include live music by Donald Syriani "DJ to the White House" and the "Arlington Rap" comedian GoRemy will be performing.

FedTalks 2010 sponsors include Intel, HP, Microsoft, Symantec.  Federal executives may attend FedTalks 2010 at no charge; industry attendees pay a registration fee of $395. For more information, and to register online, visit http://fedtalks.com.

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