The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), along with the Data Transparency Coalition and Pricewaterhouse Coopers, will host the first-ever Data Transparency Summit tomorrow, Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at Union Market.

At 9:00 a.m. EDT, ITI President and CEO Dean Garfield will moderate a legislative panel on A Mandate for the Data Transparency Transformation featuring Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA),  Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-OH).

WHO:             ITI CEO Dean Garfield

                     Senator Mark Warner (D-VA)

                     Senator Rob Portman (R-OH)

                     Representative Darrell Issa (R-OH) 

WHAT:           Data Transparency Summit Panel on A Mandate for the Data Transparency Transformation

WHEN:           TOMORROW, Tuesday, April 29, 2014

                     9:00 a.m. EDT

WHERE:         Union Market

                    1309 5th St. NE

                    Washington, D.C. 20002

The Data Transparency Summit aims to work towards achieving full transparency across domains of federal spending data, and highlight policy changes driving the comprehensive standardization and publication of the government’s spending information.  

Full information and registration is available at http://www.datasummit.org/.

Reporters may contact zack.pesavento@datacoalition.org for more information and a complimentary press access to the Data Transparency Summit. 

ITI Media Contact: Adora Jenkins, ajenkins@itic.org, 202.524.4397