(Washington, D.C.) – Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) will sponsor a policy briefing on technology issues on Friday, March 4 for members of Congress, their staffs, and the media.  Distinguished guest speakers will discuss privacy, spectrum allocation, intellectual property, and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), with a keynote luncheon address by former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore.         

WHO:          Citizens Against Government Waste & Guest Speakers

WHAT:       Technology Policy Briefing, Lunch included

WHEN:       March 4, 2005, 9:45 AM - 1:30 PM

WHERE:              Rayburn House Office Building, Room # B340 

Washington, DC

9:45 A.M. – 10:00 A.M.                                 Opening Remarks

                                                                        Tom Schatz, President, Citizens Against Government Waste

10:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.                               Panel One:  Privacy / Spectrum Allocation

                                                                        Orson Swindle, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission

                                                                        David Taylor, Capitol Solutions

11:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.                              Panel Two:  Intellectual Property / VoIP

                                                                       Jonathan Zuck, Association for Competitive Technology

                                                                       Lawrence Spiwak, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal &

                                                                       Economic Public Policy Studies                       

12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M.                                Lunch / Keynote Address

                                                                      Jim Gilmore, former Virginia Governor

R.S.V.P. via email to dwilliams@cagw.org or fax to (202) 467-4253.

Citizens Against Government Waste is the nation's largest nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government.