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Washington, DC

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 26, 2002		 2002-08  

Vice President to Announce Re-launch of FirstGov
and Release the E-Government Strategy

What: GSA and OMB will host an event to introduce the redesigned FirstGov Website, which serves as the gateway for connecting the American people with the federal government in an easy and accessible manner. Additionally, the E-Gov Task Force will release its report detailing the E-government initiatives to improve government productivity and services. Additionally, OMB will release the E-Government Strategy, the Administration’s action plan for management reforms within E-Government.
Who: Vice President Dick Cheney
Office of Management and Budget Director Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.
General Services Administration Administrator Stephen Perry
Office of Management and Budget Assoc. Director for IT and E-Gov Mark Forman
When: Wednesday, February 27, 2002, 1:30 p.m. EST
Where: Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB), Washington, DC, Room 450
To Attend the Event (Please follow instructions below):

 

  • Print Media with White House Hard Passes: Please enter through the Northwest gate. You must be outside the White House press briefing room no later than 12:45 p.m., at which time you will be escorted to the event in the EEOB. You do not need to be cleared in.

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  • Photography and Video Media with White House Hard Passes: Please enter through the Northwest gate. You must be outside the White House press briefing room no later than 12:15 p.m., at which time you will be escorted to the event in the EEOB. You do not need to be cleared in.

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  • Print Media without White House Hard Passes: You must e-mail or fax your name, affiliation, Social Security number, and date of birth for clearance. Please send all information to AParsons@OMB.EOP.GOV, or fax your information to (202) 395-4995. Clearance information will not be accepted after 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 27, 2002. You must arrive and be cleared through the 17th and G Street entrance of the EEOB by 12:45 p.m., at which time you will be escorted to the event.

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  • Photography and Video Media without White House Hard Passes: You must fax your name, affiliation, Social Security number, and date of birth for clearance. Please fax all information to OMB’s Communications Office at (202) 395-7298. Clearance information will not be accepted after 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 27, 2002. Please enter through the Northwest gate. You must be waiting outside the White House press briefing room to be escorted to the event at 12:15 p.m.

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Where Is the Northwest Gate?

The Northwest Gate is located on Pennsylvania Avenue, NW in the northwest corner of the White House complex. As you face the White House from Pennsylvania Avenue, this is the gate directly in front of the West Wing. (Not the gate further to the right directly in front of West Executive Drive.)

Contact:

OMB Communications (202) 395-7254
GSA Communications (202) 501-1231

 

 

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