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D -- FULL TEXT DIAL-UP INFORMATION RETREIVAL SERVICE SOL n/a POC Debra Chapman, (202) 942-4994 The Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) requires a source for news retrieval and stock quotations in support of enforcement and regulatory activities. The selected source shall provide retrieval of news not more than ninety (90) days old and as recent as one to two minutes along with stock quotations that provide a minimum 15-minute delay on quotes of common stocks with a news alert feature to indicate an associated story concerning a recall capability of at least on year. The information will be retrieved on existing SEC-owned microcomputers. At a minimum, the information shall consist of business and economic news from such sources as the Dow Jones News Service Wire and selected stories condensed from the Wall Street Journal and Barrons. The sources shall be easily searched in such categories as companies, industries, etc. Further, the service must include common stock quotations that show preferred stocks, warrants, corporate and foreign bonds, mutual funds, U.S. Treasury issues and options. Thehistorical averages shall include daily high, low, close, and volume available for the last trading year for industrials, transportation, utilities, and a minimum of sixty-five (65) composite indexes. The capability shall also be provided to retrieve other market-related information, i.e., text search, S&P earnings, etc., that the SEC would deem critical in enhancing the above-described requirements. The SEC has determined through market surveys and extensive research in related periodicals and documents that Dow Jones News Service is the only source capable of meeting the above-stated SEC requirements. Accordingly, the SEC intends to obtain these services from Dow Jones News Service, 1400 L St., NW, Suite 460, Washington, DC 20005, through an Interagency Agreement with the Library of Congress FEDLINK Program for the period of one year. See Note 22. Posted 01/14/00 (W-SN416347). (0014)

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