DOD THRUST PROGRAM POC Susan E. Haley, Acting Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 3000 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310-3000. Contact DoD Thrust Program Hotline at 1-800-553-1858 or Thrust@madentech.com. The Department of Defense (DoD) will be conducting a series of ``Thrust Program'' conferences for small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned businesses, Historically Black Colleges, and minority institutions. The Thrust Program focuses on the following industries: environmental, health care, management information systems/simulation, manufacturing, telecommunications. The objective is to provide information on DoD contracting requirements for the aforementioned audiences. Each conference will be hosted by a designated military department of defense agency. The next scheduled conference will concentrate on environmental services and will be held on March 6-7, 1996 at the Marriott River Walk hotel in San Antonio, TX. This conference will be hosted by the Air Force. Additional conferences will be held in the following cities: Columbus, OH (manufacturing), Alexandria, VA (telecommunications), Los Angeles, CA (management systems/simulation), San Antonio, TX (health care).

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