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D -- SECURITIES MANUALS ON CD-ROM SOL NA POC Gary Fontaine, Contract Specialist, 202-942-4995. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires electronic access, on CD-ROM, to the full text of United States securities regulatory manuals. The manuals are issued by such organizations as the SEC, Self Regulatory Organizations and similar organizations including the National Association of Securities Dealers, New York Stock Exchange, Chicago Board of Option Exchanges, and Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. The service must be compatible with current SEC Local Area Network and personal computer automated data processing standards. The manuals are required for the SEC's Office of Compliance, Inspections and Examinations, Division of Market Regulation, the Office of International Affairs, the Office of Investor Education and Assistance, and eleven SEC field offices. The SEC reviewed products that provide securities regulatory manuals electronically and only Compliance International Inc. provides the essential information in the required format. As a result, the SEC intends to purchase securities manuals electronically from Compliance International for fiscal year 1998 and four option years. See Note 22. (0261)

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