SMALL BUSINESS SEMINAR SET FOR JULY Attention small businesses! The U.S. Customs Service and Department of Treasury are teaming up to sponsor a seminar for small, minority and women-owned business entitled "Contracting with the Federal Government." The seminar will be held on Tuesday, July 15 from 8:00 a.m. -- 4:00 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at Union Station, Indianapolis, Indiana, with an encore of the same seminar on Wednesday, July 16 at the same time and place. Seminar Topics include: Doing Business with the Government, Innovatons in Government Contracting, and Electronic Commerce. Counseling sessions with procurement opportunities will be provided. The goal of the seminar is to provide strategic alliances between the Department of Treasury and the U.S. Customs Service in addition to expanding the procurement opportunities for small, minority and women-owned businesses. A registration fee of $25.00, which includes lunch, is required. The deadline for registration is July 3, 1997. For additional information please contact 317-298-1011 or 317-298-1200 x1162.

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