Federal Government Adopts Web Surveys to Solve Evaluation Problems; SurveySolutions for the Web Now Available on GSA Schedule.Business/Technology Editors BRAINTREE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2000 Perseus Development Corporation's web survey software product is becoming a critical component of the evaluation phase of the Federal Government's SAT (Systems Approach to Training) process. Recognizing the profound benefits of conducting surveys via the web, the U.S. Government recently adopted this cost-effective data collection approach. Ft. Leavenworth, Ft. Jackson, and Ft. Knox found gold when they implemented Perseus' SurveySolutions for the Web to access military performance and best practice procedures. The proven results landed Perseus' SuveySolutions family of products on the GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. Schedule (GSA Number GS-35F-0436K). Ft. Leavenworth The Civilian Leadership Training Division of the US Army Command & General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, KS began using SurveySolutions to obtain critical performance feedback after individuals graduated from the School's leadership course, OLE (Organizational Leadership for Executives). Upon completion of the course, a web survey was sent to the graduate's superior, the graduate, 2 of the graduate's co-workers, and 2 of the graduate's subordinates. The purpose of the survey was to measure improvement in the graduate's performance after attending the course. The surveys proved extremely valuable in supplying course data to the school-house. Ft. Knox SurveySolutions has also been used by the United States Army United States Army Major branch of the U.S. military forces, charged with preserving peace and security and defending the nation. The first regular U.S. fighting force, the Continental Army, was organized by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1775, to supplement local Recruiting Command (USAREC USAREC United States Army Recruiting Command ) at Ft. Knox. The Commanding General of USAREC at Ft. Knox needed to identify information relevant to transportation of Army applicants on a national level. In order to do this quickly, a survey was created and placed on their website using SurveySolutions for the Web, a note was sent via e-mail to the field recruiters directing them to complete the survey on the internet, and results were returned and compiled into an executive summary within 2 weeks. Because the entire process was done internally, it was completed cost-effectively in a very short timeframe with a 97% response rate! Ft. Jackson Ft. Jackson has also implemented a web survey solution at the Soldier Support Institute which supports the US Army Recruiting Recruit or Army recruit is a term often colloquially used to refer to the lowest military rank in various armed services. It usually implies that the soldier so labeled has not yet completed basic training. More formally, "recruit" means a person attending boot camp. and Retention School, the US Army Adjutant ADJUTANT. A military officer, attached to every battalion of a regiment. It is his duty to superintend, under his superiors, all matters relating to the ordinary routine of discipline in the regiment. General School (AGS AGS American Geriatrics Society. ), and the US Army Finance School. Perseus' SurveySolutions for the Web is being used by the Institute to assess the effectiveness of their training programs after graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. . "SurveySolutions for the Web is not only powerful in function and features, but it uses a familiar word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and environment for questionnaire design," said Joseph Staudenraus, Instructional Systems Specialist at DOT (Directorate of Training). "This means, it does not require additional training. It is a cost-effective, user-friendly program which the government can utilize to save thousands of dollars gathering critical information." Perseus Development Corporation (www.perseus.com) of Braintree, Mass., is the market leader in developing and implementing web-based market research surveys. In February 2000, Perseus' flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , SurveySolutions for the Web, won a PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award. |
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