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Congressman Adam Smith is happy to announce that Fleet and Industrial Supply Center's (FISC), Regional Contacting Department awarded a contract to T.A.P. Tool Incorporated, a Veteran Owned Small Business in Fife, Washington. The award term value if all options and performance standards are met is over $44 million for the 15-year term.
"I am always pleased to hear of hard-working, well-deserving businesses in my district being rewarded with significant contracts," said Smith. "The Federal government should make a better effort to work with small businesses like T.A.P. Tool."
Congressman Adam Smith expressed his pleasure with Department of Transportation Secretary Mineta's announcement today that Alaska Airlines was awarded the two slots at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC.
After a stellar game at the plate and at shortstop, Ninth District Congressman Adam Smith was named MVP for the Democrats in the annual Congressional baseball game yesterday.
Despite the disappointing 9-1 loss for the Democrats, Smith had an outstanding game. He went 2 for 2 against Republican pitcher and former Seattle Seahawk Steve Largent and made several impressive plays at shortstop.
Congressman Adam Smith praised a report issued today by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington, DC think tank, which called for broad reform of our nation's export control regime as it relates to high performance computer systems.
"The export control regime in place today is grounded in the past and doesn't recognize the realities of today's 'networked world'," said Smith, who served as a member of the CSIS "Blue Ribbon Commission on Technology and National Security in a Networked World," which developed this report.
Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA) - along with 4 New Democrat colleagues in the House - introduced today a resolution that recognizes the importance of the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) specification as a key tool for consumers who want to protect their privacy on the Internet. In an effort to promote widespread adoption of the technology, the resolution also urges all government and commerical web sites operators to make their sites P3P compliant.
In an effort to remove the mystery surrounding procurement by the federal government, the largest buyer of goods and services in the world, Congressman Adam Smith will host an important conference entitled 'Doing Business With America.'
Leaders of the New Democrat Coalition (NDC), a prominent group of 72 centrist, pro-growth Democratic members of the House of Representatives, hailed the education bill approved by the House today for its consensus approach to reforming our schools and noted its similarities to their own education plan. New Democrats also played a leading role in turning back efforts to weaken the bill.
Congressman Adam Smith invites you to the following conference:
"Doing Business with America"
Tuesday, May 29th,2001
8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m
CenterPoint Corporate Park, Conference Room,
20415 72nd Avenue South, Kent, WA 98032
Working with the federal government, in the eyes of most small businesses, can be a virtual maze of red tape and impossible bureaucratic regulations. With this in mind, many businesses tend to forgo government contracts because of the perceived obstacles involved in the process.
House Resources Water and Power Subcommittee Ranking Member Adam Smith announced today that the subcommittee would hold a hearing on Pacific Northwest Drought Management and Energy Availability in Tacoma. The field hearing will take place on May 19 at 9:00 a.m. at City Council Chambers, 1st Floor of the Tacoma Municipal Building, 747 Market Street, Tacoma, Washington.
"Today, our region received news that, unfortunately, was not surprising to anyone who spends too much of their time tied up in congestion: Seattle has the nation's second worst traffic. This dubious distinction should serve as a reminder that our region needs to undertake a comprehensive transportation policy aimed at solving this critical problem.
The study, conducted by the Texas Transportation Institute, examined the nation's 68 largest metropolitan areas. It provides a "travel-time index" designed to quantify traffic jams from city to city.