World Renowned Cartoonists March on FOSE 2004; Largest IT Show for Government Helps Raise Funds for Fisher House

World Renowned Cartoonists March on FOSE 2004; Largest IT Show for Government Helps Raise Funds for Fisher House

		POSTNEWSWEEK MORT WALKER CARTOON Beetle Bailey Marches to FOSE 2004, by Mort Walker, one of several Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonists at FOSE 2004, the largest government IT trade show, Washington DC Convention Center, March 23-25. (PRNewsFoto)[AG] WASHINGTON, DC USA

WASHINGTON, March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- What do Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Beetle Bailey, and FOSE 2004, government's largest IT trade show, have in common? (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040308/DCM056 ) Internationally renowned cartoonist Mort Walker, creator of Beetle Bailey; Tom Toles, Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist for The Washington Post; Clay Bennett, Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist for the Christian Science Monitor; and Rich Tennant, cartoonist for the For Dummies books, will convene at FOSE 2004 to celebrate Franklin Delano Roosevelt's famed Four Freedoms and to support The Fisher House Foundation, which builds homes next to military hospitals where family members stay free of charge when visiting a sick or injured military relative. FOSE 2004, the largest IT trade show for the government market, will draw 20,000 government IT professionals and 450 industry exhibits to the Washington DC Convention Center from March 23-25, 2004 for thought leading keynotes, product demonstrations, and educational sessions. "We are proud to support our military in this way," said Bill Howell, executive vice president of PostNewsweek Tech Media and general manager of FOSE. "The cartoonists will sign autographs at FOSE in a specially designed exhibit booth that will showcase international cartoon artists who have faced persecution, government censorship, jail and death for practicing their art. Also included will be American cartoonists -- free to practice their art -- who publish regularly on the same topics without the same dire consequences. The Cartoon Booth will be located adjacent to the DoD Center where military IT professionals will provide demonstrations of systems that support our troops." Carl Nelson, Executive Director of the Cartoon Art Association, added, "FDR's Four Freedoms -- freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want and freedom from fear -- gained national prominence when Norman Rockwell created art on the themes and the U.S. Department of Defense used Rockwell's images to help raise money for WWII. On Wednesday, March 24 at FOSE, cartoonists will be at Booth 3400 signing autographs. For a donation to Fisher House, convention attendees can get signatures from household-name cartoonists." On Tuesday, March 23, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM, in the FOSE 2004 Radio Booth, Sam Donaldson, host of 630 WMAL's "The Sam Donaldson Show: Live in America," will moderate a discussion on The Four Freedoms in the New Millennium with cartoonists Walker, Tennant, and Bennett. Sam Donaldson is heard each weekday morning on 630 WMAL from 9:00 AM-10:00 AM, then coast to coast on the ABC Radio Network from 10:00 AM-12:00 noon. The Cartoon Art Association promotes and protects the art and journalism of cartoonists and their works. It is the mission of the Association to preserve the role of the cartoon artist in our society and ensure that new artists continue to consider this profession a viable outlet for their creative and journalistic energies. To this end, the organization engages in three distinct activities: promotion of cartoon artists, protection of first amendment rights, and preservation and archiving of cartoons. For further information about the Association, contact Carl Nelson, Executive Director, Cartoon Art Association, phone 1-781-929-9095 or via email at cnelson@cartoonartassociation.org. PostNewsweek Tech Media is the leading media company in the government technology community, offering focused national publications, Web sites, trade shows, and conferences for the government information technology market. PostNewsweek Tech Media produces Government Computer News, a controlled- circulation magazine published 30 times per year for government managers who buy information technology products and services; and Washington Technology, a twice-monthly controlled-circulation magazine for government information technology systems integrators. PostNewsweek Tech Media produces the FOSE trade show, which is held each spring in Washington, D.C., for information technology decision makers in government and industry; and the PSX trade show, which focuses on government procurement officers and the services they purchase for the government. The company also produces a series of smaller conferences, publications, and events, including an annual gala awards dinner honoring government IT leaders, the Top 100 events that honor the largest and fastest growing government contractors, and GCN's Federal Technology Almanac, a complete reference guide for federal government IT managers containing information on key people, vendors, contracts, rules and regulations and developments affecting technology policy and procurement. PostNewsweek Tech Media's online products include http://www.gcn.com , http://www.washingtontechnology.com and http://www.fose.com . Attendance at FOSE is free for government professionals. To register for FOSE 2004, visit http://www.fose.com or call 1-800-791-FOSE (800-791-3673).