SIGNAL CORPORATION AWARDED $14 MILLION CONTRACT FROM DOT.Work to Focus on Upgrading Legacy Mainframe Systems to Web-Enabled IT Environment FAIRFAX Fairfax, city (1990 pop. 19,622), historic seat of Fairfax co., NE Va., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; inc. 1892, as a city 1961 (at which time it became independent and no longer included in a county). There is some light manufacturing. , Va., February 5, 2002 - SIGNAL Corporation has been awarded a 5-year contract, valued at $14 million, to provide software lifecycle support for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration The FMCSA was established as a separate administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on January 1, 2000, pursuant to the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999. (FMCSA FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (US Department of Transportation) FMCSA Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa ), which is one of nine administrations within the U.S. Department of Transportation. FMCSA is dedicated to improving truck and bus safety on the nation's highways. SIGNAL's primary work will be to migrate FMCSA's computer systems from a mainframe environment to a web-enabled, client-server environment. This migration will better enable the collection, storage and analysis of data, including information and statistics ranging from compliance reviews and roadside inspections to traffic enforcement and truck/bus crash statistics and fatalities. SIGNAL will also provide additional software support throughout the duration of the contract. "SIGNAL is dedicated to helping government agencies harness the power of IT to operate more efficiently," said Roger Mody MODY Maturity onset diabetes mellitus of young Endocrinology A mild form of type 2 DM, with onset before age 25. See Type 2 DM. , SIGNAL 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. . "We are excited to be working as a partner with FMCSA to bring higher levels of technical innovation to their business." FMCSA was established within the U.S. Department of Transportation on January 1, 2000 pursuant to the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of1999. SIGNAL was awarded the contract through 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. Work under this new contract begins in February 2002. |
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