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US Department of Agriculture CIO
Woman Owned Business Contractor of the Year 2004 Award

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Pictured (left to right): James E. House, Director, USDA Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization; John Surina, USDA Acting Assistant Secretary for Administration; Vernelle Archer, USDA OCIO Director of the Washington Telecommunication Services and Operations, COR on the A-TEK Enterprise LAN Consolidation Contract; Debbie Rieger, A-TEK, Inc. President; Melanie Sabelhaus, Deputy Administrator, Small Business Administration.

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Front row (left to right): Yvonne Williams, Task Help Desk Mgr; Bindu Reddy, Task Application Architect; Debbie Rieger, A-TEK, Inc., President; Meria Whitedove, USDA-OCIO, COTR; Jennifer Luce, The Engle Group, VP Operations; Brian Wingate, Task Web Developer. Back Row (left to right): Travis McNeil, Task Sr. Systems Engineer; Ashwin Karkera, Task Applications Mgr; Edwin Villacorte, Task Sr. Messaging Engineer; Brian Walker, Task Sr. Systems Engineer and Site Lead Kansas City. Middle Row (left to right): Victor Winnard USDA-OCIO Business Relations Mgr; Rick Basch, A-TEK, Inc., Dir. of IT Programs; Murtada Elkhalifa, Task Project Mgr; Vernelle Archer, USDA OCIO COR and Dir. of WTSO; Eric Harris, USDA-OCIO Team Lead.

A-TEK, Inc. received this award for providing outstanding support and service under our contract order. A-TEK teamed with The Engle Group from Arlington, Virginia for this effort. The A-TEK Team was recognized for managing the full spectrum of customer LAN, help desk, application development, database management, training and business process re-engineering functions for much of the US Department of Agriculture (UDSA) including Office of the Secretary, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office of Executive Secretariat, Office of Communication, Office of Civil Rights, and the National Appeals Division.

This award is evidence of A-TEK's high quality services and excellent customer satisfaction resulting from consistent utilization of superior processes, qualified staff, and innovative and effective solutions, supported and implemented at every leadership level within the company.

A-TEK thanks the entire Team for a job well done! Several members of this team were present at the ceremony and posed for a picture.