Explanation: RosettaNet is designed to harness the imminent, exponential growth of electronic commerce across the IT supply chain by developing, promoting, and leading the adoption of both open content and open transaction standards, along with the necessary metrics to measure the business impact of these standards on members of the supply chain.

Contact: Mary Mitchell, 202-501-386, mary.mitchell@gsa.gov

Web address: http://www.rosettanet.org/

Major Participants: Board Members as of 10/2000 include 3Com, American Express, Arrow electronics, Avnet, Cisco Systems, Compaq Computer, Computacenter, Compusa, Dellware, Federal Express, GSA, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Ingram Micro, Insight, Intel, Lucent Technologies, Miroage, Microsoft, NEC Technologies, Netscape, Office Depot, pcOrder, Quantum, SAP Labs, Siemens, Solectron, Tech Data, Toshiba America Information Systems, UPS

Encouraged to Participate: The IT Supply Chain within the Federal Government.

How to get involved: There are several ways Agencies can Participate in the RosettaNet Effort. They can pilot some of the developed Business Processes. They can participate on the RosettaNet Board or the EConcert Group. They can become committee members in the developement of the Framework, the Technical Dictionaries, or the PIP's.

If you would like more information on the next meeting or the RosettaNet 101 Training, please contact us.

Next Meeting: See the RosettaNet website.