DSA Wins Army Knowledge Management Contract.U.S. Army Selects DSA (1) (Directory Server Agent) An X.500 program that looks up the address of a recipient in a Directory Information Base (DIB), also known as white pages. It accepts requests from the Directory User Agent (DUA) counterpart in the workstation. to Support Knowledge Center Program TREVOSE, Pa. -- Data Systems Analysts, Inc. (DSA) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Frances R. Pierce announced today the Company has been awarded a major contract for knowledge management and software system engineering from the U.S. Army's Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T PEO C3T Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications - Tactical (US DoD) ). The scope of the contract is comprehensive, including project management, content management, administrative and technical support as well as operations, maintenance and application development. In addition to providing knowledge management expertise and information technology support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services , the assignment calls for DSA to support major organizations within the Knowledge Center Consortium* who have partnered with the PEO C3T to leverage the investment in knowledge management. The four-year contract has a value of $30M when fully funded. "This award represents a significant win for DSA, as it assures the continuation of DSA's relationship with the PEO C3T and the support of its Chief Information Officer (CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. )," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. DSA Senior Vice President and General Manager Northeast, Roger Salomon. DSA has been providing support to the PEO C3T and its CIO since 1997 when the Army Chief of Staff initiated a long-term program to develop and deploy knowledge management throughout the Army, and designated the Army Acquisition Knowledge Center as one of the three pilot programs. Using web-based technology, state-of-the-art information technology, and process re-engineering, the Knowledge Center effort has increased access to the Army's corporate information, fostered collaboration, and improved efficiency, while overcoming barriers to geographic and organizational boundaries. The Knowledge Center currently has twenty thousand (20,000) registered users. The DSA/Army Team has been honored with numerous government and commercial awards for its Knowledge Center work. In August, the PEO C3T Chief Information Office received the 2006 Army Knowledge Award for its Army Battle Command Test Portal which was developed by the DSA-led team. DSA's Kathleen Kirk is Program Manager for the contract. "The DSA Team has created and supported the Knowledge Center since its inception as a pilot for demonstrating Knowledge Management and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) A framework for creating a secure method for exchanging information based on public key cryptography. The foundation of a PKI is the certificate authority (CA), which issues digital certificates that authenticate the identity of ) technology. Through the continued efforts of DSA, the Knowledge Center is aligned and integrated with Army Knowledge Online. It has become the primary data exchange and collaboration tool A collaboration tool is something that helps people collaborate. The term is often used to mean collaborative software, but collaboration tools were being used before computers existed, a piece of paper can for example can be used as collaboration tool. and is used for locating, posting, and disseminating information related to all the efforts of the entire community in the member consortium," explained Kirk. "DSA has successfully achieved all of the objectives of our PEO C3T contracts when providing the services throughout our tenure with the Army's PEO C3T," she said. *Consortium members include: PEO Intelligence, Electronic Warfare Noun 1. electronic warfare - military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum EW military action, action - a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea" and Sensors (IEW&S), Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command (C-E LCMC C-E LCMC Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command (US Army) ), Communications and Electronic Research & Development Command (CERDEC CERDEC Communications-Electronics Research Development and Engineering Center ), and other Army acquisition organizations that have partnered with PEO C3T to leverage an investment in knowledge management. The CE-LCMC CE-LCMC Communication Electronic-Life Cycle Management Command Chief Technology Office for Knowledge Management, who also serves as the PEO C3T Chief Information Officer, manages these efforts. About DSA DSA provides strategic, secure, mission critical IT solutions to government and industry through three focused divisions: DSA Federal, DSA Life Science, and DSA Commercial. The company has over 40 years experience in systems and software engineering and integration services, specializing in enterprise-wide information technology solutions. DSA is a leader in program management, information security and regulatory compliance. Office locations: Philadelphia, PA (headquarters), Washington, DC, NY Metro and Mid-West. For more information, please visit www.dsainc.com or call toll free to 1-877-422-4DSA. |
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