Imagine your agency customer calls and says, "We've received a Freedom of Information Act request for a copy of your contract. We will comply with that request unless you explain to us why we shouldn't."
Rep. Nydia Velazquez is right in wanting agencies to get credit for small-business awards when it is due. Mistakes in the system should be corrected. But it seems clear that her lists of contracts are far from accurate.
TechTeam Government Solutions Inc. won a five-year, $28 million contract to deliver IT computing support and services to the National Institutes of Health.
A Defense Department-funded group that helps to accelerate commercializing military technologies is accepting applications from government laboratories, academic researchers and small entrepreneurs and businesses that have developed new technologies.