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.
  Tags: acquisition, contracting, Mark Forman, Government Transaction Services, OMB, FASA, Clinger-Cohen Act, ACT-IAC, Tech America, AFFIRM, Mark Amtower, Amtower Off Center