FOR RELEASE	Contact: Dennis Watson
01/04/2000 (Tuesday)	(202) 565-1596
No. 00-2	FIRS 1 (800) 877-8339
	www.stb.gov

DA-TO-DA OFFICE SOLUTIONS REPLACES D.C. NEWS & DATA AS SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD'S INFORMATION-DISSEMINATION CONTRACTOR

The Surface Transportation Board (Board) today announced that, effective immediately, Da-To-Da Office Solutions (Da-To-Da) is the private contractor providing for sale single or subscription photocopies of the Board's official printed decisions and other agency documents. Da-To-Da replaces the Board's former contractor, D.C. News & Data (D.C. News), which did not seek renewal of its contract to provide information-dissemination services beginning January 1, 2000.

While Da-To-Da maintains its headquarters at 8717 Hayshed Road, Suite 22, Columbia, Maryland 21045, and can be reached by telephoning (202) 437-3510, it will operate locally in the office formerly occupied by D.C. News in Room 210 of the Mercury Building, 1925 K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20006. Until further notice, Da-To-Da's telephone number in the Mercury Building will be the same as that used by D.C. News, (202) 463-8112.

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