TMC and EZGSA Announce First Government Contractor of the Year Award

Technology Marketing Corporation, or “TMC (News - Alert),” a global online media company, and EZGSA, the gateway to government sales, announced today a partnership to sponsor the first Government Contractor of the Year Award. This award will recognize businesses that have thrived in the government sales marketplace despite the obstacles presented by the current economic recession.

A number of award categories are available by visiting the Government Contractor of the Year Award website at www.contractoroftheyear.org. Winners for each category will get the opportunity to appear on the “Gateway (News - Alert) (News - Alert) to Government Sales” radio program, heard locally in Washington D.C. on the 50,000 watt Federal News Radio 1500 AM (WFED) and streamed worldwide on Federal News Radio.com. 

Winners will also get the opportunity to have their business featured in one of TMCnet’s publications, in addition to being interviewed for a TMC podcast.

“There are stand-out companies who deliver quality solutions to federal programs under these economic conditions and in turn help make the government more efficient and more profitable,” TMC’s CEO, Rich Tehrani (News - Alert) (News - Alert), said. “Their contributions to the growth of the country deserve to be recognized and EZGSA and TMC are happy to launch the Government Contractor of the Year Award to do just that.”

Scott Orbach, EZGSA’s CEO, stated, “We are pleased to partner with Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) on what I feel is long overdue recognition of companies who are making a difference in the federal marketplace.” Orbach concluded, “The federal government is the largest consumer of goods and services and it will need the best that American business has to offer.” 

All entries must be submitted by December 31st 2009 and the winners will be notified via e-mail on January 10th 2010. To submit your company for Contractor of the Year, go to EZGSA.com and click on the golden statue. 

For more information about TMC, please visit www.tmcnet.com. For more information about EZGAS, please visit www.ezgsa.com

About TMC

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is a global integrated media company helping our clients build communities in print, in person and online.  TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, and NGN magazines.  TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMCnet is read by two million unique visitors each month on average worldwide, according to Webtrends.  TMCnet has ranked within the top 3,500 in Quantcast's (News - Alert) Top U.S. sites, placing TMCnet in the nation’s top .03% most visited Web sites. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO (ITEXPO (News - Alert) (News - Alert)); 4GWE Conference and M2M Evolution (in conjunction with Crossfire Media); Digium|Asterisk World (in conjunction with Digium (News - Alert)); and Smart Grid Summit (in conjunction with Intelligent Communication Partners). For more information about TMC, visit http://tmcnet.com/ also serves technology professionals with industry-specific Web sites: IT.TMCnet.com, 4G-wirelessevolution.TMCnet.com, M2M Evolution.com, Smart-Grid.TMCnet.com, Smart Products Ecosystem, Robotics.TMCnet.com, Cable.TMCnet.com, Satellite.TMCnet.com, Green.TMCnet.com, Healthcare.TMCnet.com, and Education.TMCnet.com.

For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com.  

TMC Contact: 

Jan Pierret

Marketing Manager

203-852-6800, ext. 228

jpierret@tmcnet.com 

About EZGSA

EZGSA strives to assist companies in making their products and services more accessible to government buyers in the federal marketplace. Since 1999, EZGSA’s skilled staff of contract negotiators, government sales experts and federal marketing professionals has facilitated over 700 GSA (News - Alert) Schedule awards. We support commercial enterprises seeking to enhance their sales to the federal marketplace via the GSA Schedule. For additional information on EZGSA, please visit our website at www.ezgsa.com or call 301 913 5000.

EZGSA Contact:

David Burd

Director, Marketing

301 913 5000 ext. 5004