Bethesda, MD – eMentum, Inc., a leading provider of innovative program/project management and information technology services and solutions to the federal government, announced today that it was awarded a multi-year master ordering agreement (MOA) contract by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under its Electronic FAA Accelerated and Simplified Tasks (eFAST) program.

eMentum CEO and President Carolyn Merek says that "I am gratified to receive the notification that we received an eFAST award, and we look forward to working with the FAA. We have been providing high quality services to Federal agencies for several years, and I am confident we can do the same for the FAA. I continue to be pleased by the opportunities that are opening up to us, and being selected for this opportunity is more evidence of the Federal government’s commitment to the growth and success of small businesses."

The eFAST MOA is available to all FAA business units and to other Federal agencies seeking professional, technical, and support services from small businesses. The award covers a five-year base period and includes two option years.

eMentum was qualified in the following task areas:
• Air Transportation Support (ATS)
• Business Administration & Management (BAM)
• Computer/Information Systems Development (CSD)
• Computer Systems Support (CSS)
• Documentation & Training (D&T)

The eFAST MOA will be the FAA’s preferred contract vehicle to obtain services from small businesses. It replaces the BITS II program. eMentum services under the eFAST MOA can be obtained under contract number DTFAWA10A-00204.

Bethesda, MD – eMentum, Inc., a management and information technology consultancy to Federal agencies, has been awarded a follow-on contract by the Department of Justice (DOJ) through a blanket purchase agreement under the General Services Administration’s Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services program. eMentum will provide technical and project management support to DOJ for its enterprise Litigation Case Management System (LCMS). With a base year and two option years, the contract could reach a maximum value of $7.5M..

"We continually focus on client satisfaction, and this award demonstrates that our clients recognize the value of our people and our services. The LCMS program will provide significant benefit to DOJ and to the justice system as a whole, and we’re proud to continue to support this work," said Bill Engel, eMentum Vice-President.

LCMS is a program to implement a common solution for the U.S. Attorney Offices and the DOJ litigating divisions to simplify the management of information, the support of individual cases and caseloads, tracking and reporting, and the collection of organizational performance data to support executive-level decision making and mandatory reporting to Congress and oversight agencies. This program will replace a decentralized, disconnected environment with an automated information management system. eMentum is providing system engineering and technical assistance to the LCMS Program Management Office, including technical advice, expertise, and support for the management of the implementation and integration vendor.

This contract expands eMentum’s strategic program management office support for the agency and demonstrates the quality services that our clients receive from eMentum consultants. As one of several enterprise solutions support contracts, the LCMS program is an example of how eMentum works strategically with clients to consolidate applications and to deliver enterprise architecture and solutions that are built once and applied across an integrated work force.

Bethesda, MD – eMentum, a woman-owned management and information technology consultancy to federal agencies, today announced it has named William Engel as Vice President. Carolyn Merek, CEO and President, announced the promotion at the company’s annual meeting in December 2008.

Bill Engel joined eMentum in 2006 as a Director leading software development process improvement, governance, and project management projects for eMentum’s largest clients.

"Bill has brought to eMentum over 27 years of experience with a strong technical background and proven track record of success", according to Carolyn Merek, eMentum CEO and President. "Since joining eMentum Bill has formulated and implemented eMentum’s technical infrastructure and worked with eMentum’s largest clients including the Dept. of Justice. His dedication and commitment to our clients has reinforced eMentum’s strong reputation for quality and responsiveness to our client’s needs", she said.

In his new role, Bill will continue to provide strategic leadership to eMentum and its clients. In addition he will lead strategic initiatives involving technology innovation, partner relationships, and managing the company’s ongoing growth strategy.

Bill has over twenty-seven years of executive management and consulting experience at both small and large consulting firms, from which eMentum and its clients have realized numerous strategic and operational benefits. Prior to joining eMentum in 2006, he was a founder and CEO of Jump! Information Technologies, a technology consulting firm, and he has held various senior management positions with firms such as American Management Systems.

Bethesda, MD – eMentum, a woman-owned management and information technology consultancy to federal agencies, today announced it has been awarded a contract by the Department of Justice (DOJ) through a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) under the General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule IT70 program. eMentum will provide technical and project management support to the DOJ in the area of Debt Collection Management. eMentum will provide technical and project management support during the on-going operations of the Consolidated Debt Collection System (CDCS) as well as during the design, development, and implementation of future enhancements to their systems. This effort is for a 15-month period from July 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009 for a total amount of $415,808.16.

CDCS is an automated system to track and manage the debt collection and financial litigation efforts conducted by the U.S. Attorney Offices (USAOs), (including the private counsel), five Department of Justice (DOJ) litigating divisions, and the Office of Debt Collection Management. CDCS will allow the Department to move from the current environment where multiple systems are used by different organizations with debt collection responsibilities to a new environment where all of these organizations use a single, standard system.

"We are very excited to have this opportunity to bring our proven program management and enterprise solutions to the DOJ CDCS, a program that is critical to our country’s litigating divisions", said Carolyn Merek, eMentum’s CEO and President. "This program is extremely important to eMentum as we continue to support our Federal sector clients."

eMentum has provided expertise on program management support for the DOJ since 2002. This contract expands the company’s strategic program management office support for the agency and includes services for DOJ software development life cycle compliance support, technical and process resolution support, system performance monitoring, and communications management among others.

With core competencies in strategic management, operational, and technological improvement, in addition to a five-year history of working with the DOJ, eMentum is uniquely qualified to support the agency’s deployment of its consolidated debt collection system. eMentum’s work with the agency includes support of programs such as the Identity Management System (IDMS), Litigation Case Management System (LCMS), the Justice Security Tracking and Adjudication Records Systems (JSTARS), and the Automated Electronic Guard Information System (AEGIS).

Bethesda, MD – eMentum, a woman-owned management and information technology consultancy to federal agencies, today announced it has been awarded a $22.7 million contract by the Department of Justice (DOJ) through a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) under the General Services Administration (GSA) Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS) program. Under the terms of the contract, eMentum will provide ongoing strategic and technical program oversight as well as security engineering support for the agency’s Identity Management Services (IDMS) initiatives.

eMentum has provided expertise on the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12)/Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) initiative for the DOJ since 2002. This contract expands the company’s strategic identity management support for the agency and includes services for program management, enterprise architecture, business process management, and software development and operations support, among others.

"This award underlines eMentum’s ongoing commitment to providing the highest level of strategic identity management counsel and support for the DOJ’s business improvement and IT initiatives,” said Carolyn Merek, CEO of eMentum. “We look forward to leveraging our deep understanding of the DOJ’s IDMS initiatives to deploy end-to-end, department-wide identity management solutions needed to deliver on the department’s law enforcement and public safety mission objectives."

Beyond compliance with the HSPD-12 mandate, the DOJ, a sprawling federal department composed of 40 bureaus, offices, and boards including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), is implementing cutting edge identity management programs to provide selective access to its critical systems. The department’s IDMS initiatives seek to ensure that its systems are both secure and accessible to thousands of users spread across multiple organizations, including contractors.

With core competencies in strategic management, operational, and technological improvement, in addition to a five-year history of working with the DOJ, eMentum is uniquely qualified to support the agency’s deployment of enterprise identity management services. eMentum’s past work with the agency includes support of programs such as the Litigation Case Management System (LCMS), the Justice Security Tracking and Adjudication Records Systems (JSTARS), Consolidated Debt Collection and the Automated Electronic Guard Information System (AEGIS).

The contract has a one (1) year base period of performance from September 15, 2008 through September 14, 2009, and two additional one year option periods.

Washington, DC – The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has entered into a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with eMentum, Inc., a business intelligence consultancy. The BPA streamlines the process under which the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) will continue to acquire expertise from eMentum for DOJ’s information technology program.

"eMentum is on the ground at DOJ in support of several critical enterprise-wide efforts related to secure identity management and communications," said Carolyn Merek, eMentum CEO. "The government recognizes that to meet the rapidly evolving challenges of these IT programs, they need rapid access to trusted support. The BPA facilitates this."

The Department of Justice estimates a $5M volume of purchases through its BPA with eMentum over the next four years.

DOJ’s OCIO has Federally mandated requirements to develop, establish, implement, sustain and monitor a viable Information Assurance (IA)/Information Technology Security (ITS) Program for both classified and secure-but-unclassified (SBU) IT systems and environments within the agency and its federated components. The OCIO is also tasked with providing support and services to component CIOs in the implementation of Federal laws, regulations, and policies related to secure identity management and communications.

eMentum supports the OCIO with knowledge and experience in a wide range of IT program areas, including enterprise architecture, business case development, project and program management and support, independent verification and validation, and information assurance. OCIO has relied on eMentum for staffing DOJ’s Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 project management office, public key infrastructure program, and other high visibility E-Government initiatives.

Under the BPA, DOJ will continue to purchase eMentum’s services using the firm’s General Services Administration (GSA) contracts:

• Information Technology Services [Schedule 70 SIN 132-51]:
  Resources and facilities management, database planning and design, systems analysis and design, network services, programming, millennium conversion services, conversion and implementation support, network services project management, data/records management, subscriptions/publications (electronic media), and other services.
• Consulting Services [MOBIS SIN 874.1]
  Expert advice, assistance, guidance or counseling in support of the agency’s mission- oriented business functions.
• Program Integration and Project Management [MOBIS SIN 874.7]
  Management or integration of programs and projects to include, but not limited to program management, program oversight, project management and program integration of a limited duration.

"OCIO is making the long-term investments necessary to meet the challenges of implementing E-Government strategies and improving national security in the post-9/11 world," said Merek. "This includes investing in long-term relationships with firms like eMentum that have a history of success at DOJ and know what it will take to meet the agency’s goals. An agreement like the BPA is recognition of eMentum’s continued commitment to the long-term success of the programs we support at Justice."