Friday, February 10, 2012

On The Floor: NCSL Exhibitors

August 7, 2007

BOSTON -- What do the American Civil Liberties Union, the Consumer Electronics Association, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, Point.Click.Drink, Ringling Bros. and Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign have in common?...They've all taken out space on the exhibition floor here at the National Conference of State Legislatures annual meeting.

Regrettably, I didn't make it down to the exhibition hall today before it closed at 4 p.m. I was too busy churning out stories on e-voting and REAL ID for Technology Daily's PM Edition. But I did get a pretty good snapshot of it from through the glass on the second floor walkway. I'll make sure to squeeze in a visit to the floor on Wednesday.

It's already shaping up to be a big day tomorrow with issue sessions on e-health, information technology spending, new media and online sexual predators all on the schedule. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu also will be swinging through for a morning panel discussion.

Another Dunkin' Donuts coffee, please!

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