"The e-mall must be as near perfect as possible.

And even as the project grows, the Pentagon has discovered some vexing barriers to wider acceptance of its e-mall.

Very large retail stores such as Lotte Mart and E-Mall can be found on the bus line in Gumi.

The biggest problem cited by the inspector general was that many procurement offices still rely on older computer systems that are not fully compatible with the e-mall's ordering systems.

According to a recently released report by the Pentagon's inspector general, the military, under orders "to aggressively adopt best business practices" including e-commerce, rushed the e-mall into being even though it knew that it was flawed.

But even though the aerospace and other big industries are moving toward online selling in civilian markets, don't expect the Pentagon's e-mall to grow any time soon into an online system for buying aircraft engines or radar electronics, Mr. O'Brien cautioned.

Even though start-up costs are modest and the e-mall allows buyers to shop around for the lowest prices, a recent study found that it would not start saving the Pentagon money until 2003 and that the savings by 2005 would amount to just $48.5 million - compared with the Pentagon's current procurement budget of $54.28 billion a year.

The second and final phase of the park will include two remaining towers: one 22-story office tower, one 24-story residential tower, the 20,850 m Forest City E-Mall, and second annex building that will house the Park's conference and meeting center as well as child day care and fitness facilities .

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