Orkand Wins $5.7M Award to Support User Services Center for EIA; Contract Award Pushes Orkand Over $155M for the Quarter.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers FALLS CHURCH Falls Church, independent city (1990 pop. 9,578), NE Va., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; inc. as a town 1875, as a city 1948. There is diverse light manufacturing, including telecommunications equipment. , Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2002 The Energy Information Administration (EIA (Electronic Industries Alliance, Arlington, VA, www.eia.org) A membership organization founded in 1924 as the Radio Manufacturing Association. It sets standards for consumer products and electronic components. ) - the statistical arm of the Department of Energy -- has awarded The Orkand Corporation a $5.7 million, six-year contract under the VANITS VANITS Value Added Niche Information Technology Service contract vehicle. The Orkand Corporation will support the EIA User Services Center, a full service computer support and help center serving all offices at EIA. "This work is essential to the daily operation of the EIA in collecting, analyzing and publishing statistical data, and making that mission critical data available to users accessing the EIA network infrastructure," explained Orkand Program Director Paul Kasulis. For more than a quarter century Orkand has delivered uninterrupted support and enhancement of various data collection, analysis, and dissemination dissemination Medtalk The spread of a pernicious process–eg, CA, acute infection Oncology Metastasis, see there initiatives for EIA. The most recent contract win adds more momentum to Orkand's increasing level of contract activity in the Federal sector. In the past quarter alone, the company has won more than $155 million in contract awards. 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. Orkand Corporation 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. , Dr. Donald Orkand, the firm's recent series of contract wins is a testament to sound performance, management, and business development strategy. "Our recent contract wins have been based on strong contract performance, intense focus on the client's mission, and robust project management - all factors that are enhanced by our being a mid-sized company. We're large enough to have the necessary depth of resources and technical expertise, yet small enough to be immediately responsive, with input from every level of the company." "Through ongoing technological innovation, we've helped our clients meet their goals for more than three decades. Our recent wins serve as confirmation that our technological expertise and leadership have not gone unnoticed, and are in fact, a preferred solution for many key Federal Government agencies," Dr. Orkand adds. About The Orkand Corporation Established in 1970, The Orkand Corporation is a recognized leader in providing e-transformation services to assist Government clients in achieving their mission-critical goals. The company offers full lifecycle solutions in Information Assurance, e-Government, Electronic Records Management, Geographic Information Systems geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to , Systems Engineering & Software Development, Enterprise Management & Operations Support, Deployment & Training, and Data Operations and Facilities Management The management of a user's computer installation by an outside organization. All operations including systems, programming and the datacenter can be performed by the facilities management organization on the user's premises. . The Orkand Corporation has provided continuous support to the Department of Energy for 28 years and to The Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Health and Human Services, HHS for more than a quarter century. The company is the second largest IT service provider to the Department of State and the third largest to the Department of Labor. Headquartered in Falls Church, VA, The Orkand Corporation employs a staff of more than 1,100. |
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