CMC and TCS participate in the NACo's 69th Annual conference
July 16-20, 2004

CMC & TCS Team at Booth : (Left to Right) Ravi Nandivada (TCS), Madhu Onteeru (CMC), Vivek Taneja (CMC), John Zeit (CMC), Aravind Govindappa (TCS)

The National Association of Counties (NACo) is a full-service organisation that provides legislative, research, technical and public affairs assistance to county governments in USA. Created in 1935, NACo continues to ensure that the nation’s 3,066 counties are heard and understood in the White House and Congress.

CMC and TCS participated in NACo's 69th Annual Conference held in Phoenix, Arizona from July 16 to July 20, 2004. More than 2,500 county officials from across the country attended this event.

County officials heard national speakers, including U.S. Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Arizona Congressman J.D. Hayworth, Washington, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, Newsweek chief political correspondent Howard Fineman, Bishop T.D. Jakes, FranklinCovey executive Dr. Blaine Lee and noted economics professor Dr. Richard Florida. Conference attendees also attended committee meetings, discussed common issues with fellow county officials and participated in workshops on a variety of topics covering IT, economic development, criminal justice, communications, energy and governance.

CMC also presented a paper on "IT outsourcing — challenges and lessons learned" jointly with Charleston County. It was presented by Mr Madhu Onteeru from CMC and Ms Constance Berardinis from Charleston County. Outsourcing being the current hot issue, the workshop was very well received by the audience. This presentation was prominently featured in the conference proceedings and also in some post-conference communications. NACo's website will be updated with the conference proceedings, including our presentation, soon.