Haber Wins AMC Small Business Specialist of the Year Award

The Army Materiel Command (AMC) recognized one of its own at the eighth annual Army Small Business Conference in McLean, VA, Nov. 17, 2004, when GEN Benjamin S. Griffin, newly appointed AMC commanding general, presented the AMC Small Business Specialist of the Year Award to Christine P. Haber of the U.S. Army CommunicationsElectronics Command (CECOM) for her exceptional leadership in support of the CECOM Small Business Program.

In FY03, CECOM awarded more than $1 billion to small businesses, representing more than 20 percent of CECOM's total U.S. dollars obligated - a first for the CECOM Small Business Program. Haber's efforts in implementing small business participation initiatives in CECOM source selections and, most notably, the CECOM Rapid Response Program, were instrumental in these historic achievements. These initiatives included setting thresholds for the number of contract awards and obligations to small businesses on multiple award acquisitions under full and open competition. Haber also assisted in defining subcontracting requirements as part of the evaluation baseline for performance-based services acquisitions.

Griffin thanked Haber for her contributions related to reengineering efforts that resulted in increased small business participation at both the prime and subcontract levels in acquisitions to support CECOM and program executive office customers.