The event also hosted fifteen concurrent purchasing seminars, including Purchasing 101, Internet, HUB Certification, and Good Faith Effort Program. More than 1,700 attendees met at the EXPO, with more than 300 vendors exhibiting their products and services. The next EXPO will be held on November 18, 1999. West Virginia state agencies view Purchasing Bulletin on Intranet State agencies in West Virginia wanted to view the West Virginia Purchasing Bulletin online, but because vendors were charged a fee to access the Bulletin, it was not easy to do. To address the problem, the Bulletin was placed on the state Intranet, which only computers connected to the state's main server can access.
Agencies can now access the site with no access stipulations.
Computers not connected to the main server are blocked from accessing the information by firewalls.