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 Ill STAT. 1848 PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 "(3) consult with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies with applicable technical and functional expertise, including the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the General Services Administration, and the Department of Defense. "(e) REPORT.— Not later than March 1, 1998, and every year afterward through 2003, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report setting forth in detail the progress made in implementing the requirements of this section. The report shall include the following: "(1) A strategic plan for the implementation of a Government-wide electronic commerce capability. "(2) An agency-by-agency summary of implementation of the requirements of subsection (c), including timetables, as appropriate, addressing when individual agencies will come into full compliance. "(3) A specific assessment of compliance with the requirement in subsection (c) to provide universal public access through a single, Government-wide point of entry. "(4) Beginning with the report submitted on March 1, 1999, an agency-by-agency summary of the volume and dollar value of trsuisactions that were conducted using electronic commerce methods during the previous calendar year. "(5) A discussion of possible incremental changes to the electronic commerce capability referred to in subsection (c)(4) to increase the level of government contract information available to the private sector, including an assessment of the advisability of including contract award information in the electronic commerce functional standard. "(f) ELECTRONIC COMMERCE DEFINED.— For the purposes of this section, the term 'electronic commerce' means electronic techniques for accomplishing business transactions, including electronic mail or messaging, World Wide Web technology, electronic bulletin boards, purchase cards, electronic funds transfers, and electronic data interchange.". (b) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF FACNET CAPABILITY.— Section 30A of the Office of Federal Procurement PoHcy Act (41 U.S.C. 426a) is repealed. (c) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR GAO REPORT. —Section 9004 of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (41 U.S.C. 426a note) is repealed. (d) REPEAL OF CONDITION FOR USE OF SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES.— Section 31 of the Office of Federal Procurement PoHcy Act (41 U.S.C. 427) is amended— (1) by striking out subsection (e); and (2) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively. (e) AMENDMENTS TO PROCUREMENT NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.— (1) Section 8(g)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(g)(1)) is amended— (A) by striking out subparagraphs (A) and (B); (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), and (H) as subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), and (G), respectively; and (C) by inserting before subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, the following new subparagraph (A):

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