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DefenseWeb deploys enterprise application solution for Air Force.


DefenseWeb Technologies, a developer of professional custom software solutions for Department of Defense organizations, has announced that the U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract to the company to deploy its Family Integrated Results and Statistical Tracking (FIRST) system at all Air Force installations worldwide.

FIRST is a secure Web application that provides Air Force Family Support Center (FSC FSC

See: Foreign Sales Corporation
) program managers with a single system to measure, track and improve family readiness and retention by a series of standardized standardized

pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures.


standardized morbidity rate
see morbidity rate.

standardized mortality rate
see mortality rate.
 assessment tools, action plans and follow-up surveys.

With deployments on the rise, family readiness--the ability for service members and family members to work together to get ready for deployments, provide support for families during deployments and prepare for service member returns--has become an increasingly important priority for all branches of the military. FSCs, bases and military commanders can use FIRST to gather information about specific needs of specific locations, and make adjustments to Air Force program services and priorities in real time based on real needs.

"The FIRST system will reduce resource costs, enhance FSC support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services , reflect real-time accountability at all levels and allow FSC Flight Chiefs to tailor programs to meet the needs of our customers," said Reed Siems, DefenseWeb's Air Force program manager. "FIRST is truly a transformational way of helping the Air Force meet its family readiness mission."

"Our '360-degree' development approach incorporates input from all organizational elements--from headquarters requirements to MAJCOM MAJCOM Major Command (USAF)  needs to base-level customization," said Douglas Burke Douglas "Doug" Burke (born March 30, 1957) is a former water polo player who won a silver medal for the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He is a graduate of Stanford University. References
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, 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.  of DefenseWeb. "This process enables us to develop advanced applications like FIRST that capture and report real-time assessment data to program and military commanders, providing a full account of readiness and retention issues at their disposal."

The Air Force conducted a five-month field test program of FIRST at 29 FSCs, including Guard and Reserve components. The system will be utilized in FSC installations worldwide by the fall of 2004. DefenseWeb's commitment to the Air Force and FIRST also includes continual development and updates to the system, ensuring the application maintains the highest levels of readiness and retention data gathering and reporting capabilities to meet the military service's current and future needs.

DefenseWeb Technologies Inc. (www.defenseweb.com) provides customized enterprise software development services for Department of Defense organizations. Founded in 1998, DefenseWeb develops advanced interactive applications that collect, integrate, process and report mission-critical data to program managers in real time. The company's core competencies A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
  1. It provides customer benefits
  2. It is hard for competitors to imitate
  3. It can be leveraged widely to many products and markets.
 allow it to develop complex solutions faster and for less cost than the competition. Profitable since inception, DefenseWeb is a privately held company privately held company

A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly.
 located in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. .
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Publication:EDP Weekly's IT Monitor
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Date:Jun 1, 2004
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