Proceedings

of

A working conference on

Pennsylvania Acquisition Strategies for Telecommunication Services, Systems, and Infrastructure

 

 

held

 

September 22-23, 1997

Holiday Inn University Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

 

hosted by the

University of Pittsburgh Department of Information Science and Telecommunications

for the

Governor’s Office of Administration

Office for Information Technology (OIT)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James G. Williams and Ken Sochats (eds.)

Table of Contents

 

1. Objectives and Overview

Charge To The Conference (Nick Giordano)

Rationale

Outcomes

Invitees

WWW Information Source Site

Speakers

 

2. Areas of Discussion

Partnerships

Creating and Aggregating Demand

Leveraging Existing Resources

Procurement

Network Management

Infrastructure Investment

Service and Market Orientation

Network Design and Interoperability

Electronic Commerce

Policy

E-Rate Universal Service Fund

 

3. Working Group Reports

Partnerships

Creating and Aggregating Demand

Leveraging Existing Resources

Procurement

Network Management

Infrastructure Investment

Service and Market Orientation

Network Design and Interoperability

Electronic Commerce

Policy

E-Rate Universal Service Fund