Vol. 1, No. 33, June 7, 1999

This Land Is Your Land--Enjoy It
What are you doing on your vacation this summer? Camping? Hiking? Biking? Fishing? Boating? Horseback riding? Do you want to see scenery or visit battlegrounds, forts, museums, or trading posts? You can do it all on federal land. You can check out recreational opportunities on almost 1,900 locations run by the National Park Service, National Forest Service, Army Corps of Engineers, and other federal agencies. You can also check on lodging, restaurants, accessibility, and find out if you can bring your dog.

Ganging Up on Gangs
Highly mobile and loosely organized, gangs in this country are notoriously hard to track. Here's a program that is successfully using off-the-shelf software to track gang activity across five northeast states.

OSHA Opens New Website for Small Business
If your small business can use some assistance on the latest safety and health information, then visit the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's new website. You'll find the popular--and helpful--OSHA interactive software advisors, on-site consultation services, and much more.

Women-Owned Businesses:
Seeking Federal Procurements
While women own nearly 40 percent of all U.S. businesses, women-owned firms still secure less than 2 percent of the federal prime contracts and less than 4 percent of the subcontracts. One remedy is PRO-Net. It puts information about women-owned firms directly in the hands of government procurement officers.