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A -- PARTICIPATE IN GLOBAL RESEARCH PROGRAM SOL RFP 101-15-99 POC Melissa A. Powell, 202-273-8769 E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, melissa.powell@mail.va.gov. The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) intend to award a sole-source contract for a Global Research Program, with the Alliance for Converging Technologies. VA will participate in this program in seeking to rethink the foundations of democratic government and develop working models for a digital-era government. The core program will include 15 national governments, 10 state and local agencies, several global corporation, and the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the development of a model and migration plan for internetworked government for the digital age. Posted 06/09/99 (W-SN340786). (0160)

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