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Subject: USGS A-76 Competition Suspended
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005
From: Zellmer, Linda R <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>

Hello All,

The latest from Federal Computer Week (October 21, 2005).

The director of the U.S. Geological Survey has suspended considerations
to outsource or eliminate most of the agency's major mapping technology
operations because of controversy over the integrity of selecting its
new operations center's location.

The rest of the story is at:
http://www.fcw.com/article91185-10-21-05-Web

However, there are still some significant concerns over the health of
the USGS Libraries, given the mass retirements that occurred last fall
because of the buyouts. Linda Zellmer

Linda Zellmer

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Linda Zellmer
Head, Geology Library
Geology Building, Room 601
1001 E. 10th Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-1405
Phone: (812) 855-2275 Fax: (812) 855-6614
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