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R -- FEDLINK INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SERVICES DELIVERY ORDER SOL AFIS-SSLV/DT. POC Charles Wilson, Contract Specialist WEB: Click here for The Library of Congress/FEDLINK Home, http://lcweb.loc.gov/flicc. The Library of Congress intends to issue a delivery order against an existing Basic Ordering Agreement to renew a subscription with NewsEdge Corporation [formally known as Desktop Data, Inc.] for the continued use and access of their service by the following: American Forces Information Service Plans & IRM, Alexandria, VA (AFIS). The Social Security Administration, Center for History, Library & Records Management, Baltimore, MD (SSLV). NewsEdge Corp. offers NewsEDGE which is a personal computer based information gateway service that captures and combines different news wire services delivered by X.25 telephone lines, FM broadcast, or satellite transmission, alerts users to important incoming stories that match multiple interest profiles created by the user, organizes the news on the user's PC for viewing and searching, and operates in the background on standalone or LAN based PCs, constantly delivering news to the user without tying up the PC. Service will be continued through September 30, 1999. WRITTEN RESPONSES SHOULD INCLUDE PRICES AND TECHNICAL DATA SUFFICIENT TO DETERMINE CAPABILITY. No telephone calls will be accepted. No award will be based on any offer or proposal received in response to this notice. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT EXISTS. (See Note 22). REF: AFIS-SSLV/DT. Posted 10/07/98 (W-SN260064). (0280)

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