[2] PEC Solutions Announces Several New Web-Enabling and Technology Consulting Contracts with Federal Government Agencies.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2000 Company Lands New Contracts from DOJ (Department Of Justice) The legal arm of the U.S. government that represents the public interest of the United States. It is headed by the Attorney General. , FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. , NSA NSA abbr. National Security Agency Noun 1. NSA - the United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign and Gov.Works PEC Peć (pĕch), Albanian Peja, town (1991 pop. 68,163), S Serbia, in the Kosovo region. A trade center, it has industries that produce leather goods, foodstuffs, and handicrafts. Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :PECS) announced several new contracts today that demonstrate the company's diverse Web-enabling and technology consulting expertise:
-- The Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Justice Management
Division awarded PEC a contract to develop, test, and
implement an e-mail system that will provide seamless
connectivity between the DOJ and its agencies. PEC will design
and implement a pilot project to create new enterprise e-mail
and directory services for the DOJ, establishing a technology
foundation so the DOJ can act as an Internet Service Provider
(ISP) for the Department and its components. The
Internet-based e-mail system will improve connectivity and
security for the Department and facilitate the exchange of
information.
-- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) awarded two
contracts to PEC. Under the first contract, PEC will assist
the FCC's Chief Information Officer in developing a strategic
planning process for information technology resources and
develop an information systems technical architecture. PEC
will provide strategic, tactical, project, and budget planning
and performance measurement expertise. The second contract
involves performance evaluation of FCC's Electronic Comments
Filing System (ECFS). The ECFS is a critical tool that allows
both the Federal Government and the public to manage the
processing and review of comments on FCC docketed and
rulemaking actions via the Internet. PEC will analyze the ECFS
and develop specific recommendations that will improve the
system's overall performance.
-- The National Security Agency (NSA) awarded PEC a contract to
establish an "e-mall" web site where NSA staff can easily
access human resource services, make travel arrangements,
order supplies, receive training, and conduct several other
related tasks. PEC will provide detailed planning and will
design the Web site's system capabilities using the latest
Web-enabling technologies used in business-to-business (B2B)
solutions for electronic commerce.
-- Finally, PEC announced that the Minerals Management Service's
Procurement Operations Branch, also known as Gov.Works,
awarded the company a contract to improve internal data
management to enhance the collection and sharing of key
business information. Gov.Works is a Federal agency providing
acquisition support for other Federal agencies on a
service-for-fee basis. PEC will develop an integrated solution
and will provide specific recommendations for improving
Gov.Works management of business operations through better
information analysis and reporting. This effort will provide
easier access to up-to-date electronic business information
among Gov.Works managers and will include a Web site for
reporting key business information to clients.
PEC Solutions is a professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. firm that helps clients harness the power of the Internet and other advanced technologies to improve organizational performance Organizational performance comprises the actual output or results of an organization as measured against its intended outputs (or goals and objectives). Specialists in many fields are concerned with organizational performance including strategic planners, operations, . The company specializes in Web-Enabling Government sm by planning, designing, building, and managing high-technology solutions that enhance productivity and improve services to the public. PEC Solutions is based in Fairfax, Virginia Fairfax is an independent city forming an enclave within the confines of Fairfax County, in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Although politically independent of the surrounding county, the City of Fairfax is nevertheless its county seatGR6. , with offices around the nation. Visit the company on the Web at www.pec.com. For more information, contact John McNeilly, PEC Solutions' Manager of Corporate Communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. and Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. , at 703/679-4900. This press release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. created by those sections. PEC Solutions assumes no obligation to update the information contained in this press release. PEC Solutions' future results may be affected by its ability to continue to implement its eGovernment solutions, its dependence on the federal government and other federal government contractors A government contractor is a private company that produces goods or services under contract for the government. Often the terms of the contract specify cost plus – i.e., the contractor gets paid for its costs, plus a specified profit margin. as its major customers, its dependence on procuring, pricing and performing short-term government contracts, its dependence on hiring and retaining qualified professionals, potential fluctuations in its quarterly operating results, its dependence on certain key employees and its ability to timely and effectively integrate the businesses. |
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