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D -- EDUCATIONAL ADVISING CD-ROM SOL IA2506-S5244584-MB DUE 032795 POC Marlene Brooks, Contracting Officer, 202-205-9664 The U.S. Information Agency (USIA) intends to negotiate a non-competitive follow-on contract with New Media Group of Silver Spring, MD to provide Phase II production and training services of a customized interactive multimedia CD-ROM. The CD-ROM shall include these topics: a step-by-step approach to U.S. study; an overview of American higher education; a section on day-in-day life issues; misconceptions and myths; a simulation of a typical college including a campus map and a day-in-the-life of a foreign student; and a condensed version of a U.S. atlas. The disc shall be designed for playback pn PCs meeting the current industry multimedia standard: MPC II. The project shall be programmed using the Agency;s Macintosh computers and Macromedia Director 4.0. Additional graphic software shall include: Adobe PhotoShop 3.0, Adobe Illustrator 5.0, Adobe Premiere 4.0, Debabelizer Pro, and SoundEdit 16. Performance Period: Final Delivery on or about October 15, 1995. Only responses form responsible sources who are prepared to demonstrate multi-media CD-ROMs they have produced will be considered for a technical review. See Numbered Note 22. (0041)

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