For Immediate Release
Date:  July 27, 2006

SBA Cites IIa's Performance Excellence

Oak Ridge, TN. Information International Associates today received the U.S. Small Business Administrator’s Award of Excellence for “outstanding contribution and service to the national by a small business.” In a surprise visit, Mitchell Morand, SBA’s Area III Director, presented the award to IIa president Bonnie C. Carroll in Oak Ridge today on behalf of the SBA Administrator. IIa was named the small business prime contractor of the year at Eglin Air Force Base where the company manages the base library, the education center, and the military personnel records.

According to Morand, “IIa came up all 10’s in the evaluation categories, including quality management, customer service, and on-time delivery.” He also recognized the level of professionalism IIa promotes throughout its organization, saying, “it flows from the top to the people that make it happen on site.”

Both the education center and the library at Eglin continue to be award-winning operations. For the second consecutive year, IIa’s base library operation has achieved the highest possible rating from the military, being named a five-star library. The IIa-managed Eglin education center has been cited Best in Command for three consecutive years.

Headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, IIa provides information management, systems, and technology services to the government, industry, non-profit and academic organizations, and international entities. IIa is a woman-owned, small business headed by Bonnie C. Carroll, who was most recently recognized for her work in information management with the Department of Interior’s Conservation Service Award and being named to Federal Computer Week’s 2004 Federal 100. More information about IIa can be found at www.iiaweb.com.