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Meeting of Senior Government Executives Addresses Issue of Managing Effective Collaboration with Multiple Service Providers

Fairfax, VA, June 17, 2008 — In a recent meeting sponsored by the CGI-GMU Initiative for Collaborative Government, a joint public policy initiative by CGI and George Mason University, senior executives from across the federal government and industry leaders recommended steps that the next administration can take to improve government operations by effectively managing collaboration with multiple service providers.

To kick-off the meeting, featured guest speaker Linda Cohen, Vice-President, Gartner Research and author of the book 'Multisourcing: Moving Beyond Outsourcing to Achieve Growth and Agility', gave a presentation on approaches for governing and managing multiple service providers. Following Ms. Cohen, Patrick Pizzella, Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S. Department of Labor and Luis Luna, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Administration and Resources Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, led a panel discussion on navigating the practical challenges of working with multiple service providers in the federal government context.

Government executives at the CGI-GMU seminar discussed key success factors for managing multipl"