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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Central
Materials Laboratory, in union with Information Systems Transportation
Application Development, has been working on improving the distribution of Lab
Reports to our customers. These improvements take effect today and include
two main areas:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT>Improvements to the internal process involved
with sending and posting Laboratory Reports. Customers that have
previously received Lab Reports via email will now receive a link to the
document instead of an attachment in their email.<o:p></o:p></P>
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</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT>Improvements to the on-line capabilities to
allow more effective search and retrieval capabilities for our customers.
The Materials Lab Internet site containing links to historical Lab Reports
is being replaced by IBM P8 FileNet solution. Lab Reports can now be
searched using key criteria using a web search application.<o:p></o:p></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Below is a link to
the new online Lab Report page. Also attached to this email is a short
user document. Please take a few minutes to explore the capabilities of
the improved online version.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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