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The East Hall at Union Station in Washington was the scene Feb. 26 for the 25th anniversary party of the American Council for Technology.

Photos by Susan Whitney-WilkersonXXXSPLITXXX-Federal Sources Inc. presented an executive breakfast featuring Barry West, FEMA's chief information officer and president of the American Council for Technology, at the McLean, Va., Hilton March 9.Photos by Olivier DoulieryXXXSPLITXXX-Attendees of the Department of Homeland Security's Industry Forum were treated to a networking reception after the day's events March 8 at the Wardman Park Marriott Hotel in Washington.Photos by Henrik G. de GyorXXXSPLITXXX-The Washington Marriott in downtown Washington was the setting March 9 for a cocktail reception and discussion of "Intelligent E-mail Security," hosted by PGP Corp.Photos by David S. Spence

The East Hall at Union Station in Washington was the scene Feb. 26 for the 25th anniversary party of the American Council for Technology.








Andy Smith (left) of SevenSpace and Rick Michael of Peregrine Systems.

Steve Cooper (right) of DHS dances with his wife, Susie.

Chuck Viator of Cetacean Networks (left) and William Donahue of Sytel.

Vion Corp.'s Mike Jones (left) and Roseanne Cinnamond.

Mike Sade (left) of the Commerce Department and Harvard professor Steve Kellman.











Barry West, FEMA's CIO, was the featured guest.

Robin Gardner of ITS Services (left) and George Molaski of Hewlett-Packard Co.

Philip Trankovich of Tipping Point (left) and Brian Flood of FSI.

Wayne Marr (left) and Sean Singleton, both of Computer Sciences Corp.










From left, James St. Pierre and Albert Wavering of NIST and Massoud Amin of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Charles McQueary of DHS (left) and Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas).

Kiran Magiawala (left) and H. Jamie Morgan, both of Northrop Grumman.










From left, Lori Curtis of Jumpstart Communications, Richard Clarke and John Schoew, both of Good Harbor Consulting.

Jon Callas of PGP Corp (left) and Norman Koo of AOL Time Warner.

Howard Schmidt of CISO eBay (left) and Phillip Zimmerman of PGP.