PEO EIS news release (Nov. 1, 2005): Standard Procurement System wins CIO Enterprise Value Award.FORT BELVOIR Fort Belvoir is a United States military installation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 7,176 at the 2000 census. , Va. -- Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS PEO EIS Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems (formerly PEO STAMIS) ) announced today that 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. Magazine selected the Standard Procurement System (SPS (Standby Power System) A UPS system that switches to battery backup upon detection of power failure. See UPS. SPS - Symbolic Programming System. Assembly language for IBM 1620. ) as the government winner of the magazine's 14th Annual CIO Enterprise Value Awards. The CIO Enterprise Value Awards are presented annually to one organization in each participating industry. The winners demonstrate the best use of sound, innovative information technology techniques to achieve business objectives. SPS develops a suite of software products that automates and standardizes the procurement process across the Department of Defense. The software supports more than 23,000 DoD procurement personnel throughout the United States and in 15 countries. SPS is the first and only Department-wide standard business system recognized by DoD. "SPS is a key component of DoD's business transformation efforts. The program brings efficiency to the procurement process, speeding delivery of goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. to America's warfighters in locations around the world. We are honored to receive this award and to be included in a category of such elite winners," said SPS program manager Army Col. Quentin Peach. About the Standard Procurement System (SPS) SPS began in 1997 as a DoD initiative to replace more than 70 diverse contract-writing systems with a standard system that would provide a technology-based solution to DoD's financial management challenges. First deployed in 1997, SPS is currently used by 23,000+ DoD contracting professionals in approximately 800 locations worldwide. SPS provides a standard, automated procurement process that integrates seamlessly with other defense financial and logistics software systems. SPS will be formally transferred to the Defense Business Transformation Agency in 2006. Learn more about SPS at <http://www.spscoe.sps.eis (1) (Executive Information System) An information system that consolidates and summarizes ongoing transactions within the organization. It provides top management with all the information it requires at all times from internal and external sources. .army.mil/>. |
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