From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 07:31:50 -0700 (PDT)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: NIST Joins CommerceNet...
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Ah...

Don't you just love sunshine laws?

Notice they effectively call CommerceNet "the only" "consortium which
develops and maintains an Internet-based infrastructure for electronic
commerce".

Cheers,
Bob Hettinga

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Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 06:41:48 -0500 (CDT)
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To: <other people>, rah@shipwright.com
From: Somebody
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[Commerce Business Daily: Posted April 15, 1997]
>From the Commerce Business Daily Online via GPO Access
[cbdnet.access.gpo.gov]

PART: U.S. GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENTS
SUBPART: SERVICES
CLASSCOD: D--Information Technology Services, including Telecommunication
  Services
OFFADD: National Institute of Standards & Technology, Acquisition
  & Assistance Div., Bldg. 301, Rm B117, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
SUBJECT: D--MEMBERSHIP IN A CONSORTIUM WHOSE MISSION IS TO CONDUCT
  GROWTH IN INTERNET-BASED ELECTRONIC COMMERCE.
SOL 53SBNB760110
DUE 043097
POC Trena N. Bercaw (301) 975-6324// Fax (301) 963-7732
DESC: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
  has a requirement to become a member of an existing consortium
  which develops and maintains an Internet-based infrastructure
  for electronic commerce. NIST requires interaction between
  industry leaders, in the research and development of a next
  generation infrastructure for electronic commerce. The consortium
  shall be able to accelerate Internet-based electronic commerce
  by identifying and working to resolve key industry issues,
  providing a global, multi-industry forum for collaboration,
  and serving as an advocate through public policy and education.
  This membership shall be for a period of one (1) year. It is
  the intent of the Government to negotiate with CommerceNet,
  of Palo Alto, California, under 41 U.S.C. 253 (c)(1), as the
  only responsible source able to fulfil the requirement of this
  agency. No solicitation package is available. Inquiries may
  be faxed to (301) 963-7732. See Numbered Note 22 and 26.
LINKURL: http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm
LINKDESC: NIST Contracts Homepage
EMAILADD: Contract@nist.gov
EMAILDESC: NIST Contracts Office
CITE: (W-105 SN062439)


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