Jones, CISSP, to manage its contract with the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the administration of a
collaborative effort to harmonize healthcare information technology
standards that will communicate and protect data in a health information
network for the United States.

A private non-profit organization that administers and coordinates the U.S. representative to the International Accreditation Forum (IAF).

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"He has the technical skills,
business acumen and personal contacts within the healthcare information
technology community to not only support ANSI's obligations under the
ONCHIT-1 contract, but also to significantly advance the harmonization of
HIT in the United States. More
information on the standards harmonization effort may be found online at
www.

About SLA
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit global organization
for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners.org

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"Short-sighted budget savings like this will give way to increased costs for
EPA that aren't apparent right now.

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Mr. "Our strong relationship with those
organizations will make the force of our efforts even greater," added Newcomb.

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Jones holds a BS in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University and
a MS in engineering in the management of technology jointly issued by the
Wharton School and the Engineering School of the University of
Pennsylvania. global competitiveness and the American
quality of life by promoting, facilitating, and safeguarding the integrity
of the voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system.

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The American National Standards Institute
(ANSI) has appointed LeRoy E.
voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system, ANSI was
awarded the HHS contract in October 2005 under the direction of the Office
of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology ("ONCHIT-1")
to fund the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP). He will represent the Institute at meetings with relevant
industry and government participants , develop and execute plans to meet the
contract milestones for ONCHIT-1, and infuse ANSI's expertise and approach
into all relevant aspects of ONCHIT-1 activities and deliverables.gsihealth.S.
"SLA and its more than 11,000 members around the globe stand ready to
oppose this proposal while raising expectations of EPA management to deliver
on a modernized, more effective plan for the future .org.

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What EPA really needs is an innovative
information management strategy that leverages technology to its fullest
extent while employing full-time information professionals who understand how
information should be selected, organized, analyzed, and disseminated.

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CONTACT:
John Crosby
+1-703-647-4916
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The Institute is the official U. With this proposal, EPA's
leadership is making it more difficult for the agency's policymakers and the
public to leverage the extensive knowledge found in high quality, accurate
information to make important decisions on our nation's environment,
potentially compromising the public's health .

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5 million professionals worldwide.org. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). SLA
promotes and strengthens its members through learning, advocacy, and
networking initiatives.

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"Clearly, historical trends at EPA have not shown a tendency by its
leadership towards innovation in the management and dissemination of
information created by its work over time. SLA
serves more than 11,000 members in 83 countries in the information profession,
including corporate, academic and government information specialists .

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"LeRoy Jones is a nationally recognized healthcare technology expert and a
senior strategist on the direction of health information technology policy,
investment and usage," said Frances E.

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"SLA is gravely concerned with the proposal in the Bush Administration's
FY2007 Budget to close the network of 27 libraries and information centers
within the U.

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In his role as program manager, Jones will represent ANSI in the
fulfillment of its ONCHIT-1 and other related industry and government
initiatives .
Comprised of businesses, professional societies and trade associations,
standards developers , government agencies, and consumer and labor
organizations, the ANSI Federation represents the diverse interests of more
than 125,000 entities and 3. ALEXANDRIA, Va.

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PRESS RELEASE ANSI Appoints LeRoy E. Jones as Program Manager for Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel

representative to the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) and, via the U.S.

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SLA Denounces Proposal to Close EPA Libraries

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SLA Public Policy Director Doug Newcomb indicated that SLA would be
working in concert with other U.S.

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Jones will act as an agent of ANSI, but retain his position as principal of
the Philadelphia-based consultancy, GSI, LLC (www .S. In fact, EPA has continually scaled
back its investment in the management of information in a time when this is
one of the most strategically valuable aspects of organizational management. library associations in communicating
opposition to the proposal and the concerns about its impact on agency
operations and citizen services.

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currently has offices in New York City and Washington , DC.

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More than 150 organizations representing consumers, healthcare providers,
public health agencies , government agencies, standards development
organizations and other stakeholders have already joined the Panel. Schrotter, ANSI senior vice
president and chief operating officer., The Special Libraries Association
(SLA) announced today its strong opposition to the Bush Administration
proposal to close the network of libraries and information centers operating
within the U. Lachance,
Chief Executive Officer of SLA, offered the following comments on the matter.

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