Aquilent / CENTECH Team Wins VA Enterprise Content Strategy.Task Order Awarded to Establish a Framework for the Implementation of an Enterprise Content Management System LAUREL Laurel, cities, United States Laurel. 1 Town (1990 pop. 19,438), Prince Georges co., central Md., about halfway between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore; patented in the late 1600s, inc. 1870. , Md. -- Aquilent, Inc., in conjunction with THE CENTECH GROUP, Inc. announced today the award of a task order to establish an integrated content strategy framework for VA's Enterprise Content Management System (ECMS ECMS Electronic Copyright Management Systems ECMS Enterprise Content Management Solution ECMS Extended Change Management System ECMS Electronic Client Management System ECMS Enhanced Crisis Management System ECMS Environmental Corrosion Monitoring System ). The task order was awarded through CENTECH's VA GITSS GITSS Global Information Technology Support Services (SAIS) vehicle and has a base period of 9 months, with options for metadata and taxonomy taxonomy: see classification. taxonomy In biology, the classification of organisms into a hierarchy of groupings, from the general to the particular, that reflect evolutionary and usually morphological relationships: kingdom, phylum, class, order, development. This is one of a planned series of collaborative initiatives anticipated between CENTECH and Aquilent. "The VA is a very strategic customer for us and this task order reflects the quality of our 3 year relationship," said David Fout, Aquilent's President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "We are committed to providing exceptional service to the VA and ultimately to our veterans." As the major subcontractor One who takes a portion of a contract from the principal contractor or from another subcontractor. When an individual or a company is involved in a large-scale project, a contractor is often hired to see that the work is done. to CENTECH, Aquilent's efforts will include analyzing the existing content and current content production lifecycle; performing a broad content inventory; identifying content gaps, relationships and redundancies; developing content retirement processes and migration strategy; and establishing a roadmap for the ECMS implementation project. Aquilent will work closely with VA staff to identify business requirements and goals, evaluate the "as-is" and document the "to-be" content lifecycles, create a comprehensive information architecture and content model, and formulate and implement a unified content strategy for the enterprise, all while leveraging the content management system progress VA has made over the past 18 months. The work is being conducted as part of VA's overall Web Hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. and Consolidation project, to implement a OneVA information technology framework that supports the integration of information across business lines and provide a source of consistent, reliable, accurate, and secure information to veterans and their families, employees, and stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. . "The VA has an incredible volume of high quality information and content available to veterans and the public," said Jay Costenbader, Aquilent's VA Program Manager. "We are very excited to provide our experience to help VA take advantage of best practices for efficient and effective Enterprise Content Management." Aquilent also developed and supports VA's agency-wide Electronic Contract Management System which allows Federal procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. professionals to manage the full contracting lifecycle. Additionally, Aquilent was recently awarded a contract to provide services for the development and enhancement of the VA's My HealtheVet portal. My HealtheVet is a portal that gives veterans, their families and their healthcare providers easy access to health information, tools and services. About Aquilent Aquilent is an award-winning company with an over 25-year history of providing innovative information technology and web-based services to federal agencies. Aquilent improves the quality and efficiency of service to citizens, employees, and businesses through a suite of solutions and services, including agency web presence, compliance management, enterprise acquisition and finance solutions, and enterprise content management. Additional information about Aquilent is available at www.aquilent.com. |
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