GSA presents the 2006 Ida M. Ustad Award for excellence in acquisition.(Acquisition & Logistics...

The General Services Administration is pleased to announce that the recipient of this year's Ida M. Ustad Award for Excellence in Acquisition is Barbara Gerace, contracting officer, U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command Acquisition Center, White Sands Missile Range, N.M.

Gerace was instrumental in awarding a production contract to produce the improvised explosive device countermeasure system to provide support to our U.S. forces. Radio-controlled improvised explosive devices (RCIEDs) are the enemy's weapon of choice in the global war on terror. Over