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1991.05.06 :  Award -- Contractor of the Year

Contact: Y. Angel Graves (202) 245-2670
May 6, 1991

     HHS Deputy Secretary Constance Horner today presented the
department's Contractor of the Year Award to Trinh L. Ellsworth,
president of Ellsworth Associates, a Falls Church, Va., software
development firm.   
     Mrs. Horner said the award was presented to Ellsworth
Associates in recognition of the firm's outstanding performance
as a small business contractor for HHS.  Six other firms were
honored also.
     Since 1987, Ellsworth Associates has provided Automatic Data
Processing technical support services to the Office of Human
Development Services, including computer center operations,
technical and administrative support for the installation and
operation of local area network and user support functions such
as PC and applications training.
     The firm also provides programming and systems analysis
support for administrative, financial and programmatic
applications and telecommunications wiring including a fiber
optic campus design and installation for the department.
     The ceremony took place during Small Business Week,
proclaimed by President Bush as May 5-11.

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     Richard Clinkscales, director, Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization, said more than 4,000
companies rendered contract services worth $837 million during
FY'90 and made an outstanding contribution in assisting HHS to
carry out its mission of providing health, welfare and social
services to the nation's people.
     Mrs. Horner presented the department's Certificate of
Excellence to six other small businesses which serve as
departmental contractors.  They are:
     The Circle, Inc., McLean Va., a logistical support and
information management consultant firm.; COMOS Corp., Washington,
D.C., a firm that provides research and information technology
services; R.O.W. Sciences, Rockville, Md., a health records
management consulting firm; Williams, Adley and Company, Oakland,
Calif., a CPA and financial management consulting firm.; TASCON,
Inc., Bethesda, Md., a health records management consulting firm;
and Daniel Dennis and Company, Boston, Mass., a CPA firm.
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