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<P><SPAN class=348513722-22092003>T</SPAN>he proceedings of a recent well<SPAN
class=348513722-22092003>-</SPAN>attended conference on Semantic Technologies
are available on the web at <U><FONT color=#0000ff><A
href="http://www.topquadrant.com/conferences/tq_proceedings.htm">http://www.topquadrant.com/conferences/tq_proceedings.htm</A></U></FONT>.
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<P>The "Semantic Technologies for E-Government<SPAN class=348513722-22092003>"
Conference was held</SPAN> at the White House Conference Center<SPAN
class=348513722-22092003> on September 8th. This</SPAN> was a very successful
event with over 130 attendees. Among many agencies represented were Army, Census
Bureau, CIA, DIA, DOE, EPA, GSA, IRS, Navy, NARA, NASA, NSA, NSF, SSA, USDA and
US Patent Office. A number of attendees were from non-profit organizations such
as Aerospace.org and Mitre. Major goverment contractors were also well
represented by the attendees from BBN, CSC, Lockheed Martin and
SAIC.</P><I><FONT face=Verdana>
<P>Ralph</I></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT><I><FONT
face=Verdana size=2>Hodgson<BR>Lead for Semantic Technologies Pilot, CIO Council
XML Web Services Working Group<BR>Executive Partner<BR></I></FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Rockwell Condensed">TopQuadrant</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>,
Inc.</FONT> <BR><U><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2>Office: (724)
846-9300, Fax: (425) 955-5469, Cell: (781) 789-1664<BR></FONT></U><U><FONT
face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2><A
href="http://www.topquadrant.com/">http://www.topquadrant.com</A></FONT></U></P></DIV>
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