When USAID announced the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) program in October 2004, it was slated to be the largest AIDS program ($7 billion) in the world. USAID finally awarded the contract in September 2005 to a consortium headed by JSI and MSH. What information is now available online about this enormous effort?

• A Google search on "SCMS" lists one reference in the top 100 results;
• A search on "SCMS" at USAID returns one document, the September press release;
• There is a program web site that looks to have been last updated five months ago (the award press release);
• No outside web sites link to the program site according to Google.

USAID promised full public transparency for SCMS. How is it possible than a huge, vital effort involving 15 major partners is essentially invisible?