SPEAKER INDEX    CONTENTS   INSERTS   
BOURGET         22  
BURLINGTON      28     29     30     31  
CALLAHAN        25     26     28     29     30     31     32     33     34  
EVANS           18  
EVERETT          1      3      4      7      8      9     11     13     16  
                18     19     22     23     24     25     26     28     29  
                30     31     32     33     34     37     38     40  
KIZER           12     13     16     17     18     19     20     21     22  
                23     24  
MAGAZINE        34     37     38     39     40  
MASCARA          3      8      9     19     20     21     22     32     33  
                38     39     40  
SACHS           33     34  
SNYDER           9     10     11  
WEXLER          19  
WILLEMSSEN       4      7      8      9     10     11  

CONTENTS    SPEAKERS   INSERTS   
STATEMENT OF JOEL WILLEMSSEN, DIRECTOR, CIVIL AGENCIES INFORMATION SYSTEMS, ACCOUNTING AND 
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DIVISION, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; ACCOMPANIED BY HELEN LEW, ASSISTANT 
DIRECTOR, CIVIL AGENCIES INFORMATION SYSTEMS, ACCOUNTING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DIVISION, 
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, AND NABAJYOTI BARKAKATI, TECHNICAL ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF THE 
CHIEF SCIENTIST, ACCOUNTING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DIVISION, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                                                                 PAGE     4

STATEMENT OF KENNETH W. KIZER, UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; 
ACCOMPANIED BY LEONARD BOURGET, YEAR 2000 PROJECT MANAGER, VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND STEVEN WEXLER, CHIEF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER, VETERANS HEALTH 
ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
                                                                 PAGE    12

STATEMENT OF JOHN J. CALLAHAN, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AND CHIEF INFORMATION 
OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; ACCOMPANIED BY BRUCE BURLINGTON, M.D., DIRECTOR, 
CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND WILLIAM BRISTOW, 
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
                                                                 PAGE    24

STATEMENT OF ALAN H. MAGAZINE, PRESIDENT, HEALTH INDUSTRY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
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