The Honourable Dianne Whalen, Minister of Government Services, will be attending the Crossing Boundaries forum being held in Ottawa, Ontario, Thursday November 9 to Friday November 10. This national forum will bring together people from across the country and the public policy community to discuss how information and communications technologies are changing the way governments work and the way they work together. The focus for the Minister of Government Services is on the use of appropriate technologies to improve the delivery of on-line and other technology-based government services for the residents of this province and exploring opportunities for co-operative service delivery partnerships with other governments.

The Crossing Boundaries National Council is a not-for-profit national forum whose mission is to foster the development of Canada as an information society through a more citizen-centred approach to government and governance.

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Media contact:
Vanessa Colman-Sadd
Director of Communications
Department of Government Services
709-729-4860, 682-6593
vanessacolmansadd@gov.nl.ca