PlanetGov Inc. Announces D/SIDDOMS III Award.Business Editors/High-Tech WritersCHANTILLY, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2004 PlanetGov Inc. announced today that it was recently awarded a Department of Defense Systems Integration, Design, Development, Operations, and Maintenance Services III (D/SIDDOMS D/SIDDOMS Design, Development, Operations and Maintenance Services D/SIDDOMS Defense Medical Information Systems/Systems Integration, Design Development, Operations and Maintenance Services (US DoD contract) III) contract. The multiple-award D/SIDDOMS III contracts provide the DOD (1) (Dial On Demand) A feature that allows a device to automatically dial a telephone number. For example, an ISDN router with dial on demand will automatically dial up the ISP when it senses IP traffic destined for the Internet. Military Health System (MHS (1) (Message Handling Service) An earlier messaging system from Novell that supported multiple operating systems and other messaging protocols, including SMTP, SNADS and X.400. It used the SMF-71 messaging format. ) and the Department of Veterans Affairs the ability to issue individual task orders for a variety of information technology services. The total value of the contract award is estimated at approximately $8 billion over ten years. PlanetGov has been working within the DOD Military Health System for the last five years. Its current prime contracts include TIMPO LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. Upgrade, TIMPO Network Engineer Specialists, and RITPO Workload Management System for Nursing (WMSN). It is also providing subcontractor work on RITPO DMRHSi Implementation and Training and RITPO Enterprise-wide Scheduling and Registration Systems Integration. "We have worked with our clients within the DOD Medical arena over the past five years. They have seen our commitment to understand their business and assist them to achieve their mission. We take this award, as a vote of confidence in our ability to deliver to our clients," said Steve Baldwin, President and 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 PlanetGov. "This contract vehicle greatly expands our ability to offer the DOD Military Health System and the Department of Veterans Affairs our broad range of services from network engineering to complete software life cycle development," said Baldwin. PlanetGov's D/SIDDOMS III (D3) team includes ManTech International Corporation, HP, Oracle, Grant Thornton, Park City Solutions, HTSI, Knowledge Consulting Group (KCG), Falkland Group, AFFINA and Brattle brat·tle Scots n. 1. A rattling or clattering sound. 2. A movement that produces such a sound. intr.v. Systems. The partners on PlanetGov's D3 team provide an overall scope of capabilities and resources as well as specialized backgrounds tuned to current and emerging MHS requirements, such as web-based applications, identifying/developing/implementing enhanced applications and network security solutions, enterprise support services and training, and meaningful compliance with the DITSCAP DITSCAP DoD Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Process (DoD Instruction 5200.40) DITSCAP Defense Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Process and HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, requirements. About PlanetGov PlanetGov Inc. is a leading systems integrator serving the U.S. Federal Government market. PlanetGov supplies, designs, builds and manages information technology solutions to improve Government performance and the delivery of services Competencies include: network engineering and convergence; security and information assurance; technical support, systems management, integration and software engineering. With 2003 sales of almost $350M, PlanetGov is among the fastest growing integrators in the Federal IT marketplace. For more information please contact Julie Ferguson at (703) 279-3023, email jferguson@planetgov.com or visit the company at www.planetgov.com. |
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