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July 17, 2003 - Hansen Information Technologies announced today that Mark Forman, Director for the Office of E-Government and Information Technology, has accepted an invitation to give a keynote address at the Hansen sponsored 2003 Innovative Government Forum, August 10-12, 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

"The Innovative Government Forum is designed to educate government agencies on applying innovative technologies to help manage citizen services, maintain public safety, increase efficiencies, monitor performance, and adhere to a growing number of regulatory requirements," said Chuck Hansen, chief executive officer at Hansen. "We are pleased that Mark Forman will be available to speak to conference attendees about the federal government's transformed focus on IT management, their progress toward having a more productive 'e-enterprise' focus and how changes at the federal level will impact local agencies."

Initiated by George W. Bush's signature of the E-Government Act in 2002, Mr. Forman was appointed Director for the Office of E-Government and Information Technology. Under his leadership, the U.S. federal government has received broad recognition for its successful use of technology and E-Government. Mr. Forman has led the successful definition and development of about 30 multi-agency E-Government and e-Business initiatives including the implementation the first true citizen-focused version of the Firstgov.gov portal using a "three-clicks to service" model that led Yahoo to recognize Firstgov.gov as one of the 50 most incredibly useful websites. His Firstgov.gov initiative was the federal government reaching out to local governments. The website allows the initial point of entry for citizens to connect with government via the Internet. Forman manages over $58 Billion in IT investments and carries out the requirements of the President's E-Government Initiative including a host of chang es aimed at breaking down agency silos and creating a more citizen-centric, performance-based government through capital planning and enterprise architecture.

For more information about the 2003 Innovative Government Forum, please visit www.innovativegov.com or contact Carrie Stilwell at 916-921-0883, ext. 3145.

About Hansen Information Technologies
Hansen is the world's leading provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications that help manage the daily operations of state and local government. Hansen's integrated suite of performance management solutions include Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Citizen Call Center, Building Permit, Business Licensing, Code Enforcement, Executive Dashboard, GIS, Property Tax, Timesheet Reporting, Transportation, Utility Billing, and Web Portal applications. Designed as corporate-styled solutions specifically for government, the company offers a frictionless architecture that allows secured access among citizens, business and government. The combination of the company's public sector business process models, implementation methodologies and technical expertise enables the company to deliver tangible economic benefits to its worldwide government clients. For more information, please vi sit Hansen's Web site at www.hansen.com.

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