Company to Provide Information Technology and Information Management Services in Support of the Interactive Personnel Electronic Records Management System
SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va. , Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced that it was awarded a task order from the Department of the Army, Contracting Center of Excellence to provide information technology (IT) and information management services to the U.S. Army Human Resource Command in support of the interactive Personnel Electronic Records Management System (iPERMS). The single award task order has a one year base period of performance, four one-year options and a total contract value of more than
iPERMS enhances the Army's ability to store and access hundreds of millions of document images, replacing a labor intensive records management system based on paper documents and updateable microfiche. The system is used to maintain, retrieve, and transfer military personnel files, and provides on-line access and display of document images in a web-based environment. Under the task order, SAIC will provide services including program management, customer support, enterprise architecture and planning, information assurance and system integration.
"iPERMS enhances record quality, optimizes storage and retrieval, reduces operating costs, and provides an archived record in a viable electronic medium," said Larry Cox , SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager. "We are pleased to support the Army in this critical program and look forward to fulfilling their personnel records needs as they evolve over the next 5 years."
About SAIC
SAIC is a FORTUNE 500(R) scientific, engineering, and technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure, and health. The company's approximately 45,000 employees serve customers in the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, other U.S. Government civil agencies and selected commercial markets. SAIC had annual revenues of
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