Executive Office of the President, Office of Administration, Procurement Branch, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503

D -- INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SERVICES SOL EOPOA-99-34 POC Point of Contact-Lynnae C. Roscoe, 202-395-7670 This synopsis shall serve as the Office of Administration?s notice of intent to issue an order to NewsEdge Corporation to provide NewsEdge software license fees and news services including, Knight RidderTribune, AP Online, Business Wire, PR Newswire, Data Times, FDCH CEO Wire, Canadian Press, and Kyodo World Service. This order will cover services for the period of October 1, 1999, through September 30, 2000. This notice is for information purposes only. A solicitation does not exist and responses are not expected. See Note 22. Posted 09/29/99 (D-SN385913). (0272)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0022 19991001\D-0005.SOL)