Staff Activities (April 19, 2007 - November 4, 2007)
Maryland State Archives

• April 19:  Sasha Lourie met with Dave Duggan at Government House concerning the return of repaired furniture
• April 19:  Christine Alvey attended a Library Services Advisory Committee (LSAC) meeting at the Pratt Library
• April 23:  Tim Baker particiapted in the Judiciary Records Access Advisory teleconference
• April 24:  Ed Papenfuse, Tim Baker, and Kevin Swanson attended the Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund Oversight Committee meeting in Towson
• April 24 - 25:  Elaine Bachmann and Sasha Lourie met with Ely, Inc. to supervise removal of artwork from the Senate Chamber
• April 25:  Kim Moreno and Joyce Phelps met with Heather Taylor, Queen Anne's County Archivist, and provided a tour of the Archives
• April 26:  Chris Haley and Vicki Lee met with Dean Herrin, Director of the Catoctin Center, National Park Service, and his daughter Emma, for Child to Work Day, and provided a brief overview of the Research Room and an introduction to the Conservation Lab
• April 26:  Tim Baker attended the Second Inter-agency Work Session on expressions of interest in the former Crownsville Hospital Center
• April 27:  Chris Haley met with Laura Austin regarding African American research at the Fisherman's Inn
• April 27:  Ed Papenfuse met at the Enoch Pratt Free Library with Carla Hayden, Pat Wallace, and Ann Smith, Enoch Pratt Free Library; Steve Anderson, State Law Library; and Irene Padilla and Daria Perry, Department of Education regarding collecting government publications
• April 27:  Ed Papenfuse attended the Mount Royal Station Rededication, Middenford Gallery Dedication, and Frost Plaza Dedication at Mount Royal Station
• April 30:  Ed Papenfuse and Jen Hafner participated in a teleconference with David Haury, Council of State Archivists
• April 30:  Ed Papenfuse met with Hollis Thoms
• May 1:  Elaine Bachmann met with staff of Signcraft at the Treasury Building to examine the lettering on the Louis Goldstein statue
• May 2:  Ed Papenfuse, Tim Baker, Kevin Swanson, and Kim Moreno attended the Land Records Access Committee Meeting
• May 2:  Tim Baker attended the FY2009 Capital Budget Initiative Meeting at the Department of General Services
• May 2:  Ed Papenfuse and Elaine Bachmann met with Secretary Foster, Department of Budget and Management
• May 3:  Ed Papenfuse and Tim Baker met with Al Luckenbach regarding a Hoxton CD
• May 3:  Ed Papenfuse, Emily Squires, and Jen Hafner met with Andrea Leahy regarding the Women in Law project
• May 4:  Tim Baker met with Patrick Koby of BBB regarding paint analysis
• May 4:  Rob Schoeberlein met with Janice Howell regarding a mural project for the 201 W. Preston building
• May 7 - 10:  Wei Yang attended "Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers" training
• May 7:  James Watson met with Kim Early at Anne Arundel Courthouse for a review their current case filing process and to discuss the upcoming E-Filing Pilot Project
• May 7:  Sasha Lourie met with Val McGuire for a walk-through at the State House for UV film installation
• May 10:  Mimi Calver conducted a site visit with Michael Schwartz, Perry Joy, and Dennis Walton at Government House regarding the conservation of lamps
• May 10:  Ed Papenfuse, Tim Baker, Reggie Shorter, Nancy Bramucci, Kim Moreno, James Watson, and Kevin Swanson met with Judge Silkworth, Judge Hackner, Bob Duckworth, Doug Hofstedt, and Kim Early and provided a tour of the Archives
• May 10:  Ed Papenfuse and Mimi Calver met with Robert Neall regarding Hall of Records Publication Number 9
• May 11:  Mimi Calver and Sasha Lourie met Victoria Gruber in the Senate Lounge regarding the Senate floor project
• May 14:  Chris Haley, at the request of Alderman Richard Israel, testified at the Annapolis City Hall regarding the Apology Resolution
• May 14 - 16:  James Watson went to Anne Arundel County Circuit Court to meet with a representatives from LEXIS/NEXIS and the Anne Arundel County Court staff to go over the details for the civil case E-Filing project
• May 15:  Kevin Swanson met with Barbara Hansman and Harford County Circuit Court Clerk, James Reilly
• May 16:  Mimi Calver and Sasha Lourie met with Maryland Historical Trust staff in the State House regarding the Senate Chamber
• May 16:  Tim Baker attended a Judiciary Records Access Committee meeting
• May 18:  Van Lewis attended a Grants and Procurements Workshop at the Department of Budget and Management
• May 18:  Rob Schoeberlein and Chris Kintzel attended a tour of the digitization facility at the Enoch Pratt Library
• May 20:  Maya Davis attended Part I of the 2007 Robert Ware Straus Lecture Series at the Accokeek Foundation, "A River Keepers Journey"
• May 21:  Tim Baker participated in a teleconference with Jack Seuss, University of Maryland Baltimore City
• May 21:  Ed Papenfuse met with Senator Doug Peters
• May 22:  Ed Papenfuse participated in the Governor's Consulting Committee on the National Register
• May 22:  Mimi Calver met Jim McMartin and Jim Beggins at the Governor's Office, State House, to examine Wye Oak Desk
• May 22:  Tim Baker, Van Lewis, and Nasrolah Rezvan met with Faye Gaskin and Jim Paskow
• May 22:  Mimi Calver and Sasha Lourie attended a progress meeting regarding the Senate floor project
• May 22:  Wei Yang, Reggie Shorter, and Dan Knight met with Leslie Labrecque, MD Health Care Commission
• May 24:  Sasha Lourie met with Lisa Mason-Chaney, curator of Hammond-Harwood House
• May 25:  Sasha Lourie met with Dr. Carol Soltis, Philadelphia Museum of Art, so she could examine a painting in the State's collection for an upcoming exhibition
• May 29:  Tim Baker, Mimi Calver, Elaine Bachmann, and Sasha Lourie attended a meeting of the State House Projects Coordinating Committee
• May 29:  Tim Baker, Mimi Calver met with Michele Griffin regarding the State House exhibits master plan and archives maintenance
• May 29:  Tim Baker met with Michael Eismeier, Director, Policy and Planning Office, Department of Budget and Management
• May 30:  Joe Leizear attended the National Archives and Records Administration Vital Records Seminar
• May 30:  Doris Byrne and Joyce Phelps met with Tony Dix, Paulette Young, Marilyn Mitchell and Jeri Waddell of Baltimore City Circuit Court regarding record transfer procedures
• May 30:  Ed Papenfuse, Tim Baker, Mimi Calver, and Rob Schoeberlein met with Albert Small regarding the Washington Document
• May 30:  Ed Papenfuse and Jen Hafner met with Laura Kamoie, Instructor at the Naval Academy, regarding research topics
• May 31:  Wei Yang, Reggie Shorter, and Dan Knight met with Tamarra Banks, Maryland Board of Pharmacy, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene regarding contract renewal for Web Hosting Services
• June 1:  Tim Baker met with Michele Giffin and Jeff Ford, Department of General Services to discuss maintenance issues at the Archives
• June 5 - 9:  Jenn Cruickshank attended the Design & Construction of Mounts for Exhibits class at the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies
• June 6:  Elaine Bachmann met with Samantha Davis, Chief of Staff to the First Lady
• June 6:  Ed Papenfuse, Chris Kintzel met with Dr. Morton Ellin regarding maps
• June 8:  Sasha Lourie met with Rick McSorley, Security Moving & Storage regarding art storage
• June 8:  Van Lewis attended the Managing for Results instruction session at the State Highway Administration
• June 9:  Elaine Bachmann met with Eric Gordon, a conservator, to examine a painting
• June 11 - 15:  Jenn Cruickshank attended the Packing & Shipping Workshop at the Campbell Center
• June 11:  Tim Baker, Wei Yang, Reggie Shorter, and Kim Moreno attended the Maryland Digital Summit
• June 11:  Ed Papenfuse met with James (Chip) Adomanis regarding Teaching American History
• June 12:  Ed Papenfuse, Tim Baker, Mimi Calver, and Elaine Bachmann met with Rob Rogers and Alex Fisher, Maryland Historical Society, followed by a tour of Government and State House
• June 12:  The Maryland State Archives hosted a Memorial Service in honor of Carson Gibb, Volunteer
• June 14:  Van Lewis and Nasrolah Rezvan attended a Procurement Conference
• June 14:  Christine Alvey attended a Library Services Advisory Committee meeting
• June 15:  James Watson went to Worcester County Court to apprais their land record index books
• June 18:  Richard Richardson and Cecelia Smith attended the 2007 Annual Retirement Coordinators' Meeting
• June 18:  Kim Moreno and James Watson met with JIS and Lexis/Nexis for a demonstration of File and Serve and to discuss any issues with the installation of the system
• June 18:  Chris Kintzel met with Imani Kazana regarding Bostwick project
• June 19 - 20:  Reggie Shorter attended the Cisco Seminar
• June 19:  Ed Papenfuse met with Secretary Jim Adkins, Department of Veterans Affairs
• June 19:  Richard Richardson attended a Personnel Officers' Meeting
• June 19:  Ed Papenfuse, Tim Baker, Mimi Calver, and Elaine Bachmann met with Joan Cadden, Department of General Services
• June 19:  Ed Papenfuse, Tim Baker, Wei Yang, Kim Moreno, and Joyce Phelps participated in a teleconference with Bob Young and staff from the State Department of Assessments and Taxation regarding a Ground Rent Registry Link to mdlandrec.net
• June 19:  Ed Papenfuse delivered the new portrait of Frederick Douglass to Lt. Governor Brown
• June 20:  Chris Haley met with Delegate Emmett Burns
• June 20:  Elaine Bachmann met with Anne Maher (Mrs. Peter Franchot) and Cathy Belkov of Interior Concepts Inc.
• June 20:  Wei Yang attended an Information Technology Advisory Council meeting
• June 24:  Maya Davis attended Part II of the 2007 Robert Ware Straus Lecture Series at the Accokeek Foundation, "A River Keepers Journey"
• June 25:  Christine Alvey went to the Library of Congress for presentations and panel discussions on collecting and preserving publications and web sites
• June 25:  Richard Richardson and Kim Moreno met with Richard Herring from Records Management regarding revised rules and regulations
• June 25:  Mimi Calver and Elaine Bachmann met with Carol Cadou, Curator at George Washington's Mount Vernon
• June 26:  Reggie Shorter attended the IT Master Plan (ITMP) and IT Project Request (ITPR) Guidelines and Instructions Workshops
• June 27:  Jen Hafner attended a lecture at the William Paca House
• June 28:  Chris Kintzel met with Katherine Kenny regarding the Florence R. Bahr Collection
• July 6:  Mimi Calver met with Roy Karten in the State House to photograph Washington Resigning
• July 9:  Tim Baker participated in a Judicial Records Access Advisory Committee teleconference
• July 9:  Ed Papenfuse attended the Dissertation Committee review for Max Grivno
• July 10:  Mimi Calver and Elaine Bachmann met with Sam Davis, Sam Cook, and Sandy Rose at Government House regarding refurbishment of the Entrance Hall
• July 11:  Mimi Calver met with Patrick Koby and others from BBB at the State House to begin their investigation for the feasibility study
• July 11:  Ed Papenfuse, Rob Schoeberlein, and Jen Hafner met with Michele Danoff, Graphics By Design regarding preservation of photos
• July 11:  Ed Papenfuse and Tim Baker participated in a telephone interview with Sara Billard, editor of Law Library Association of Maryland News regarding mdlandrec.net
• July 11:  Elaine Bachmann met with Sam Davis, Sandra Rose and Jenefer Russum (MEA) at Government House to talk about improving energy efficiency in the house
• July 11:  Tim Baker, Mimi Calver, and Elaine Bachmann met with Tom Genetti and Mark Schneidman of DGS regarding the Old House of Delegates
• July 13:  Kim Moreno and Joyce Phelps met with Eric Woznysmith at Baltimore City Department of Transportation regarding site visit, records survey and appraisal
• July 13:  John Gartrell met with Donald Coleman at the State House regarding the Martin Luther King plaque
• July 13:  Ed Papenfuse met with Earl Roulette in Sharpsburg regarding a daguerreotype of Nancy Campbell and other memorabilia
• July 13:  Ed Papenfuse met with Dennis Weaver, Clerk of the Washington County Circuit Court
• July 17:  Elaine Bachmann gave a tour of Government House and the State House for Government House staff members' families
• July 18-20:  Mike McCormick attended Collectors and Collecting: Private Collections and Their Role in Libraries at the Chawton House Library, Alton, Hampshire, England
• July 18:  Tim Baker met with Faye Gaskin, Deputy State Court Administrator
• July 19:  Kevin Swanson, Wei Yang, Reggie Shorter, and Frank Patnaude met with Barbara Hansman and JIS IT staff to discuss IBM's recommendations for improving the data sync process
• July 19:  Rob Schoeberlein attended a meeting of the Maryland Historical Society
• July 20:  Tim Baker, Mimi Calver, and Elaine Bachmann conducted a teleconference with Joe Pitruzzella, Mark Schneidman (DGS) to discuss cost issues for the Old House of Delegate Chamber and the State House
• July 22:  Maya Davis attended Part III of the 2007 Robert Ware Straus Lecture Series at the Accokeek Foundation, "A River Keepers Journey"
• July 23:  Ed Papenfuse and Rob Schoeberlein met with Bruce Bereano regarding Governor Mandel
• July 23:  Ed Papenfuse met with Speaker of the House Michael Busch
• July 23:  Rob Schoeberlein attended a meeting at the House of Corrections
• July 23:  Ed Papenfuse attended a dinner meeting with Elizabeth Schaaf and Larry Peabody
• July 24:  Ed Papenfuse met with Bill Pencek
• July 25:  Ed Papenfuse and Elaine Bachmann attended a dinner meeting with the Board of the Government House Foundation
• July 25:  Chris Haley participated in a conference call with the Harriet Tubman UGRR Center Working Group
• July 25:  Wei Yang, Reggie Shorter, and Tony Darden met with Ed Klingenstein, DGS - Facilities Management to provide a tour of the Archives and talk about harmonic issues and capacity planning
• July 25:  Kevin Swanson participated in a teleconference with Barbara Hansman regarding the FY 2008 work plan
• July 27:  Mimi Calver and Elaine Bachmann gave a tour of downtown Annapolis, to include the State House and Government House, to the Archives interns
• July 31:  Wei Yang, Reggie Shorter, Kara Carter, and Betsy Bodziak met with Cheryl Amato, Web Accessibility Specialist, regarding Maryland's Non-Visual Access Law
• August 7:  Tim Baker participated in a Judiciary Access Committee Teleconference
• August 7:  Wei Yang, Reggie Shorter, Matt Davis, Frank Patnaude, Kevin Swanson, and Jill Kautz met with Barbara Hansman and SAIC technicians to discuss transfer of land record images by verified instrument
• August 8:  Ed Papenfuse, Tim Baker, Elaine Bachmann, and Vicki Lee met with Richard Eliasberg and provided a tour of the Archives
• August 10:  Emily Squires and Chris Haley met with Michele Danoff, Graphics By Design, regarding the Enslaved Maryland Brochure
• August 13:  Elaine Bachmann met with Elizabeth Schaaf at the Peabody Institute to photograph items in Peabody Collection
• August 15-17:  Chris Haley attended the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Fort Wayne, Indiana
• August 15:  Ed Papenfuse, Tim Baker, Nancy Bramucci, Matt Davis, Joyce Phelps, and Erin Cayce participated in a conference call with members of the State Department of Assessments and Taxation regarding the Ground Rent application status
• August 15:  Kim Moreno met with Susan Donahue, GainAday Enterprises, regarding Washington County Government draft retention schedule
• August 17:  Elaine Bachmann met with Betty Seifert and Anne Maher (Mrs. Peter Franchot), Department of Planning, regarding carpets for potential loan to the Comptroller's Office
• August 21:  Ed Papenfuse met with Senator Peters
• August 23:  Nasrolah Rezvan and Cecelia Smith attended the Recruitment Overview Update Training for 2007
• August 25:  Ryan Cox attended a Genealogical Workshop at the Bannekar-Douglass Museum
• August 27:  Tim Baker participated in the Judiciary Access Committee conference call
• August 27:  Ed Papenfuse met with Albert Small regarding Mr. Small's private collection
• August 29:  Elaine Bachmann met with Linda Aldredge, Executive Assistant to Governor O'Malley
• August 30:  Ed Papenfuse, Tim Baker, Christine Alvey, Sarah Hanks, Wei Yang, Reggie Shorter, Nancy Bramucci, and Matt Davis met with Pat Wallace, Gavin Brown, Stuart Ragland, Mike Walsh, Ann Smith, Lynn Stonesifer, Joan Bourne, and Darcell Little from the Pratt Library regarding Government Publications
• August 30:  Chris Haley met with Phebe McPherson
• August 31:  Doris Byrne, Kim Moreno, and Rob Schoeberlein met with Nora Burns, Howard Community College Archivist, and provided a tour of the Archives
• September 4:  Kevin Swanson and Wei Yang conducted a teleconference with Barbara Hansman regarding alternative to the IBM recommendation for enhancing the speed and efficiency of the mainframe/Archives data sync
• September 5:  Ed Papenfuse, Tim Baker, Kevin Swanson, Jill Kautz, and Kim Moreno attended the Land Records Access Committee Meeting
• September 5:  Mimi Calver met with Jay Baker of the Governor's Press Office to take photographs at the State House
• September 6:  Wei Yang, Reggie Shorter, and Tony Darden met with Michael Kortum, SBE regarding email, spam, and equipment for the election primary
• September 7:  Reggie Shorter met with Jerry Russell, Environmental Products regarding a computer for adding more capacity
• September 7:  Mimi Calver and Elaine Bachman met with Polly McKenna-Cress and Beth Twiss-Garrity RE: exhibit content development for the State House Master Plan
• September 10:  Tim Baker, Kevin Swanson, and James Watson attended a meeting of the Land Records Oversight Committee for a status report on the e-filing pilot in Anne Arundel County and an update on the e-recording project
• September 10:  Wei Yang and Reggie Shorter attended the EMC Security Meeting
• September 11:  Michael McCormick and Chris Haley met with Clara Small regarding USCT Muster Roll Research
• September 11:  Ed Papenfuse and Tim  Baker met with Larry Newman, Spatial Systems Associates regarding a map exhibit at the Walters Art Museum
• September 12:  Mimi Calver met with Anne Moultrie of the University System of Maryland
• September 12:  Tim Baker, Reggie Shorter, and Tony Darden met with Chuck Ives, Department of Budget and Management, to discuss disaster recovery for phone system by Verizon
• September 14:  Ed Papenfuse, Tim Baker, and Nasrolah Rezvan met with Phyllis Clancy, Brian Losover, and Jim Fowler, Office of Legislative Audits, for the Audit Exit Interview
• September 14:  Elaine Bachmann met with Ken Smith and David Weaver
• September 14:  John Gartrell met with Megan McShea, Archives of American Art Smithsonian, regarding the 1968 Riots
• September 17:  Elaine Bachmann and Dottie Zimmerman met with a representative of the Friends of the Darlington Library, who picked up copies of My Unexpected Journey, The Autobiography of Harry R. Hughes, for a "Meet the Author" event
• September 17:  Ed Papenfuse, Emily Squires, and Chris Haley met with Michele Danoff regarding the Enslavement Brochure
• September 18:  Richard Richardson attended the Agency Personnel Management Group meeting at the Department of Housing and Community Development
• September 18:  Ed Papenfuse testified before the House Judiciary Committee at the public hearing of the Task Force to Study Identity Theft
• September 19:  Ed Papenfuse and Elaine Bachmann attended a Government House Foundation Board Meeting and Dinner at Government HouseSeptember 19:  Tim Baker, Mimi Calver, and Elaine Bachmann met with Brian Turnbaugh and Darrin Aycock from the Department of Budget and Management to discuss State House projects
• September 19:  Tim Baker met with Stephen Sporik, Spatial System Associates, regarding a map exhibit
• September 20:  Mike McCormick met with greet a group of researchers from Hagerstown Community College
• September 20:  Mimi Calver met with Joe Lebherz from Mount St. Mary's University
• September 20:  Mimi Calver met with Orlando Ridout and Michael Day of the Maryland Historical Trust
• September 21:  Ed Papenfuse and Elaine Bachmann met with Secretary Eloise Foster, Department of Budget and Management, in her office regarding Womens Hall of Fame posters
• September 21:  Ed Papenfuse met with Al Luckenbach
• September 21:  Ed Papenfuse met with Secretary James Adkins, Department of Veterans Affairs, regarding their participation on the Maryland Public Television show Direct Connection
• September 24:  Ed Papenfuse met with Matt Gallagher and Colm O'Comartun
• September 25:  Ed Papenfuse met with Avery Aisenstark
• September 26:  Chris Haley attended a working group meeting at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
• September 26:  Mimi Calver and Elaine Bachmann met with Polly McKenna-Cress and Beth Twiss-Garrity regarding exhibit content development for the State House Master Plan
• September 26:  Kevin Swanson and Frank Patnaude met with Wayne Gordon, Tom Longfellow and Barbara Hansman about Land Records Sync improvements
• September 27:  Elaine Bachmann met with Jeff Foard at the State House regarding UV film
• September 27:  Ed Papenfuse met with Secretary C. John Sullivan, State Department of Assessments and Taxation
• September 27:  Rob Schoeberlein met with Mary Shock, Office of Administrative Hearings, regarding the history of Maryland commitment laws and a State Hospitals history overview
• September 28:  Chris Haley, John Gartrell, Maya Davis, and Ryan Cox attended the Nonprofit Resource Day and Grantwriting Workshop
• October 2:  Ed Papenfuse met with Jennifer Wazenski, Assistant Attorney General with the Maryland Department of Environment regarding tidal wetlands in Dorcester County
• October 2:  Mimi Calver met with Michael Day regarding bricks for the State House walkways
• October 4:  Ed Papenfuse, Jen Hafner, and Owen Lourie met with Jon White regarding Delegate David Rudolph's ice houses inquiry
• October 4:  Jenn Cruickshank attended a Washington Conservation Guild meeting at the Smithsonian American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery
• October 5:  Kevin Swanson, Jill Kautz, Frank Patnaude, Kim Moreno, Joe Leizear, and Allison Smith met with Michael Mitchell, Sogand Seirafi, and Dan Higgins from Montgomery County Department of Public Works regarding the next phase of the digitization project
• October 9:  Ed Papenfuse met with Secretary John Griffin, Department of Natural Resources, regarding mapping and records management
• October 9:  Ed Papenfuse participated in the Governor's Consulting Committee on the National Register
• October 10:  Ed Papenfuse met with Doreen Bolger at the Baltimore Museum of Art regarding the Scottish Rite Temple
• October 11:  Mimi Calver met with Michele Danoff regarding the slavery brochure
• October 12:  Mimi Calver and Elaine Bachmann met with Samantha Davis, the First Lady's Chief of Staff
• October 15-19:  Vicki Lee attended the AIC Collections Emergency Response Training in Shepherdstown, West Virginia
• October 15:  Kim Moreno, Joyce Phelps, Frank Patnaude, and Jerry Gaylord met with Shawn Cherry, State Highway Administration
• October 15:  Tim Baker met with Bob Rosenbush, Department of Planning, regarding the new archives facility
• October 16:  Ed Papenfuse and Bonnie Kirkland met with staff from the Office of the Attorney General regarding records retention
• October 19:  Mike McCormick went to the Maderia School in McLean, Virginia, to meet with Rebecca Brooks, archivist and librarian, and to examine microfilm readers/printers for proposed donation to Archives
• October 19:  Elaine Bachmann and Jen Hafner met with Steve Anderson at the Law Library to view a painting in their collection
• October 22:  Tim Baker, Richard Richardson, Kim Moreno, and Joe Leizear met with Paula Ebnet, Department of Budget and Management, regarding record retention
• October 23:  Ed Papenfuse and Rob Schoeberlein met with Mike Musick and Ross Kimmel regarding the Point Lookout Sketchbook's disposition, and Maryland Forest and Park oral history archives
• October 24:  Ed Papenfuse met with Brenda Blom regarding district court records
• October 25:  Ed Papenfuse and Kim Moreno met with Alan Heath, Genealogical Society of Utah, regarding the list of film negatives from the Genealogical Society of Utah
• October 27:  Christine Alvey attended the Dedication Ceremony for the Garrison Library, Banneker-Douglass Museum
• October 30:  Elaine Bachmann and Chris Kintzel installed a newly created exhibit to African American Women inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame
• November 1:  Reggie Shorter attended a conference hosted by the Department of Budget and Management to introduce the awarded Hardware and COTS Software Master Contracts