Purchasing Division

Purchasing Manager: Cheryl Pantermuehl 630 E. Hopkins San Marcos, Texas 78666 512.393.8170 FAX: 512. 392.4612 E-mail: cosmpurchasing@sanmarcostx.gov Sign up for RSS and get notices for upcoming bids & quotes RSS feeds for Bids & Proposals RSS feeds for Quotes What is RSS? RSS enables you to get news and other topics of intrest without having to visit websites. How do I get started? Find a Feed Reader or News Aggregators which will allow you to grab RSS feeds from various sites and display them for you to read and use. A variety of RSS Readers are available for different platforms. Some popular feed readers include Amphetadesk (Windows, Linux, Mac), FeedReader (Windows), and NewsGator (Windows - integrates with Outlook). There are also a number of web-based feed readers available. My Yahoo, Bloglines, and Google Reader are popular web-based feed readers. Once you have your Feed Reader, sign up for the information you want to come to you. Many sites display a small icon with the acronyms RSS or XMLto let you know a feed is available. Sign up for Twitter to get notices for upcoming bids & quotes What is Twitter? Twitter allows you to receive short updates by text message to your cell phone or web. How do I get started? Sign up for a twitter account at twitter.com, setup your mobile phone under settings and follow the CityofSanMarcos.