[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23693]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    TRIBUTE TO ARCATA ASSOCIATES FOR RECOGNITION AS NASA'S MINORITY 
                       SUBCONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR

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                      HON. ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 30, 2003

  Mr. CRAMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate an outstanding 
company, Arcata Associates, Inc., for being named the 2003 NASA 
Minority Subcontractor of the Year. Arcata, which employs a number of 
people in my Northern Alabama congressional district, provides 
important services used at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and 
across all of NASA.
  Arcata CEO and President Tim Wong accepted this award on behalf of 
all the Arcata employees for their outstanding subcontracted work 
providing interactive. multimedia services, imaging services, and 
audio/visual communications under the Program Information Systems 
Mission Services Contract, and video/voice teleconferencing support 
under the Consolidated Space Operations Contract.
  Under the leadership of Tim Wong, and with strong guidance from Mark 
Emery, the Huntsville site has helped Arcata Associates become a model 
for small businesses in North Alabama and across our Nation. The first-
rate services that they provide to Marshall and all of NASA play a 
vital role in the success of our Nation's space and aeronautics 
programs.
  Mr. Speaker, today I wanted to take this opportunity on behalf of the 
people of North Alabama, to congratulate Tim Wong, Mark Emery, and all 
the employees of Arcata Associates, Inc. on a job well done and for 
being named the 2003 NASA Minority Subcontractor of the Year.

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