Loren Data Corp.; 4640 Admiralty Way, Suite 430; Marina del Rey CA 90292

A -- PARTNERS SOUGHT TO EXPAND THE USE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ELECTRONIC COMMERCE INFRASTRUCTURE. DUE 073198 POC Gary Koepnick, 310-827-7400x102 WEB: Government Electronic Commerce Infrastructure Teaming, http://www.ld.com/eci-team/index.html. E-MAIL: EC Infrastructure Team Mailbox, eci-team@LD.com. Under license agreement DCA200-97-Z-0013 with the Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO), Loren Data is a certified Value Added Network/Value Added Service (VAN/VAS) for the processing of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transactions between the Federal Government and contractors. With this and other certifications, Loren Data provides access to a wide variety of Government EC/EDI systems including Federal Acquisition Network (FACNET, http://www.acq.osd.mil/ec/facnet.htm), GSA/Advantage! (http://www.fss.gsa.gov/aboutadv.html), Defense Logistics Agency's EDI Hub (DLA, http://trafe2.daas.dla.mil) and E-mall (http://www.supply.dla.mil/emall), U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM, http://www.tacom.army.mil), NASA Acquisition Internet Service (NAIS, http://nais.nasa.gov/home.html) and others. Loren Data is seeking partners to help integrate these and other systems, including Medicare, electronic tax returns, and Federal grant programs, into the ''common face to industry'' called for in the Defense Authorization Act for FY98. Both proposals and participation in pilot programs by existing Government contractors seeking electronic connectivity with the government are sought. Please visit the Government Electronic Commerce Infrastructure Teaming page at http://www.LD.com/eci-team/index.html for more information, or send e-mail to eci-team@LD.com. (0156)

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