Comment on FR Doc # 2010-11381

I think non-proprietary versions of all contracts should be posted on the web for at least one year after award, then kept in a searchable database to download in the future. The Component Contracting Offices should be able to post a version of the contract (without unit prices, labor rates, and other proprietary info) to the web. I think this is a fairly easy fix to the existing database that creates the contracts. All we need to do is write a line of code or a few lines of code into the existing contracting database that removes all of the proprietary information and allows the user to download or print a stripped version of it. That is if the database is fillable and recognizes the proprietary information from certain fields. If it does not, then create a fillable contracting database with coded fields, then add the code that strips out those fields for the version to post on the web. I understand all of the case law regarding per se FOIA rules; however, I don't think the rules apply in this context. By pre-disclosing a record, I don't think the disclosure technically falls under the FOIA (my opinion). If the decision is made to post unit prices but not Option Years and other optional information the contractor provided, then have the database set up where that information is entered into certain fileds that are recognized as proprietary. That way the database can generate a version of the contract with the proprietary info already removed.