January 5, 2006 - Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt will travel to Georgia Friday to discuss President Bush's agenda for a strong and vibrant economy with local business leaders in Atlanta.

Following a tour of the IRS Service Center facilities in Atlanta, the Deputy Secretary will meet local business leaders to discuss the U.S. economy and the outlook for 2006. He will participate in an open-press roundtable discussion hosted by the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University at 12:30 p.m. (EST) on Jan. 6 at the Commerce Club in downtown Atlanta (34 Broad Street, NW, 18th Floor, Bennett Brown Room).

The Deputy Secretary is the number two post at the Treasury Department. President George W. Bush nominated Kimmitt to be Deputy Secretary on June 29, 2005. The United States Senate unanimously confirmed him on July 29, 2005, and he was sworn into office on August 16, 2005.

Deputy Secretary Kimmitt's Bio:
http://www.treasury.gov/organization/bios/kimmitt-e.html

The J. Mack Robinson College of Business is one of the top-ranked business schools in the nation. The College's Flex (part-time) MBA program has been listed in the top ten by U.S. News for the past ten consecutive years and its undergraduate business program is ranked among the top 50 in the nation. The College's Executive MBA program is listed on The Financial Times list of the world's top-ranked offerings and BusinessWeek magazine ranks it 24th in the world. Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business has an enrollment of more than 7000 students and is located in downtown Atlanta.

For more information, contact:
Tammy Demel
Office of External Affairs
Robinson College of Business
404/413-7078
404/702-9743 (cell)