Securities & Exchange Commission, Rm. 2041, Stop 2-2, 450 5th St., NW, Washington DC 20549

D -- AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING SERVICES SOL SEC-97-0001 POC Contact, William H. McDonald, Jr., (202) 942-8840/Contracting Officer, Kenneth A. Fogash, (202) 942-4100. The Securities and Exchange Commission is in the process of preparing a request for proposals for the continued operation and development of its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (EDGAR). To assist offerors in understanding the issues involved in both the continued operation and the further development of EDGAR, the Commission is making available for inspection and copying in its Public Reference Room comprehensive documentation on the capabilities and architecture of the current EDGAR system. Responsible potential offerors are invited to visit the Public Reference Room to review or copy the documentation. This information will remain available in the Public Reference Room from the date of this notice until contract award. The Commission will also post the documentation in electronic format on its web site in the near future. It will be possible both to view and to download the information posted on the web site. The Public Reference Room is located at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Room 1024, Washington, D.C. 20549-0004. The Commissions web site may be accessed at http://www.sec.gov/. For further information please contact William H. McDonald, Jr., Office of Information Technology, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Mail Stop 0-4, Washington, D.C. 20549-0004, 202/942-8840. (0151)

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