n March of 1999, Prospect Technologies won a contract to develop the Federal Maritime Commission’s (FMC) Internet Based Service Contract Filing System (IBSCFS) / SERVCON system. This system was designed to handle all the filings of service contracts for US maritime transportation. This article, published in the Feb. 24th issue of the Journal of Commerce, highlights some of the recent work and capabilities of IBSCFS / SERVCON system. CLICK HERE to read the latest Journal of Commerce on some of the charactistics re: the *new* AltaVisita based Search Engine! CLICK HERE to read a August 1999 Federal Computer Week article describing the SERVCON system. CLICK HERE to read a press release describing some of the FY2003 contract modifications for the on-going support. CLICK HERE to read how Prospect Technologies automated *all* on-line registration to improve security for the system.

The FMC's new search engine

JoC Week
Monday, February 24, 2003
By: R.G. EDMONSON

magine a stack of paper more than 4,100 feet tall - three times the height of Chicago's Sears Tower. That's how high the service contracts filed with the Federal Maritime Commission since 1999 would reach if they were on paper instead of in electronic format.

Now imagine trying to find and analyze the data buried within those millions of pages.

That's the task facing the FMC, which . . . .

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