Aquilent In GCN / 12.11.2006

The Aquilent provided SeaPort-e acquisition solution paves the way for greater transparency and efficiency. The GCN story DOD throws light on how it buys services discusses how SeaPort-e reflects director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy Shay Assad's plans for changing the way DoD buys services.

“The Navy has been able to effect significant change by looking at all different elements to improve procurement,” said Peter Fogelsanger, director for Aquilent.  “They are not just looking at technology or policy, but the intersection of people and how ... they get their end customer and vendors to embrace processes.”

 Aquilent / Centech Team Wins VA Enterprise Content Strategy / 11.16.2006

Aquilent awarded the task order to establish a framework for the implementation of an enterprise content management system.   Aquilent will analyze the existing content lifecycle; inventory content; identify content gaps, relationships and redundancies; develop content retirement processes and migration strategy; and establish a roadmap for the ECMS implementation project.

 Aquilent Lead Content Management Consultant Presents at CMS User Group Meeting / 11.15.2006

Don Bruns, Aquilent, Senior Information Architect and Lead Content Management Consultant presents at Percussion's Rhythmyx User Group meeting 11/15/2006. Don's presentation "Content Modeling 101 at the Office of Justice Programs" illustrates a critical analytical element of successful CMS implementations.

 Aquilent's Work Supporting The National Library Of Medicine Featured At Amia 2006 Symposium / 11.13.2006

Four Aquilent employees' work in support of the National Library of Medicine's mission is featured at the American Medical Informatics Association's (AMIA) 2006 Annual Symposium. The Symposium emphasizes peer-reviewed work, mixed with panels of the leading experts in the field.

 Aquilent Team Facilitates Content Syndication Between Firstgov En Espanol and Univision.com / 10.27.2006

The relationship will provide increased access to official government information and services on FirstGov en Español.  Aquilent and its partner Captura Group helped develop the strategy and facilitated the discussions which led to this association between espanol.gov and Univision Online.

 Aquilent Wins 5-Yr $2M BPA for USGS Web Support / 10.16.2006

Aquilent, Inc. awarded a $2M five year, Blanket Purchase Order Contract with United States Geological Survey to provide web development, management and related services. The initial task orders awarded through the BPA include support for USGS’ Marketplace E-Commerce portal and Web analytics strategy development.

 Aquilent Wins 2-YR $4.2M Contract for VA / 10.5.2006

Aquilent awarded a contract from the VA to provide services to continue the development and enhancement of the My HealtheVet (MHV) Portal. The base period of the contract is 12 months and valued at $2.1M, with a 12 month contract option of similar value.

 Aquilent Wins 5-YR Contract for NLM  / 09.15.06

Aquilent awarded $25M contract to provide software support services to the NIH National Library of Medicine (NLM) Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications (LHNCBC). The contract continues Aquilent's 15 year history with NLM.

 Aquilent Wins Radio Free Asia Web Redesign / 07.12.06

Aquilent awarded contract to redesign RFA’s web presence, improving usability of the website, and providing a consistent customer experience. Aquilent will initially analyze the state of three current RFA Web sites (English, Vietnamese, and Mandarin) and their users, to improve the current sites’ designs.

 Aquilent Hosts SeaPort Workshop / 06.26.06

Aquilent hosts a procurement workshop titled  " SeaPort: Streamlining the IDIQ Acquisition Process." The workshop presented a case study of the SeaPort-e multiple award contract and demonstrate the portal used to manage one of the largest IT contracts in the Federal government.

 Aquilent Awarded MOBIS Contract / 06.23.06

General Services Administration's (GSA) awards Aquilent a Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS) contract (#GS-10F-0318S). Aquilent received the MOBIS contract for for SINs 874-1 “Consulting Services” and 874-7 “Program Integration and Project Management Services”.

 NIH Offers Aquilent Workshop / 06.12.06

The NIH Office of the Director offers Aquilent's second workshop in our series on Multilingual Web Strategy; "Best Practices for Federal Hispanic Websites.”  Aquilent's Senior User Experience Consultant, Sean Fitzpatrick and Captura Group's Co-Founder, Michelle Moscona will present the workshop including illustration of how the Best Practices have been applied during the FirstGov Refresh program.

 Aquilent Participates in Gilbane Conference / 05.22.06

Aquilent Senior Information Architect Don Bruns presents "Content Modeling 101, a cross-agency study" at the Gilbane Conference on Content Technologies for Government. The session compares and contrasts the content modeling exercises of several different federal agencies and provided attendees a roadmap for getting started with their own content analysis.

 Aquilent System Receives National Environmental Excellence Award / 04.14.06

The National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) honored the National Park Service (NPS) with the 2006 National Environmental Excellence Award in the Best Available Environmental Technology Category. NPS was selected for the award for the development and implementation of the Planning, Environment, and Public Comment System (PEPC system) for its significant achievement and demonstrated success in receiving and addressing hundreds of thousands of public comments.

 Aquilent Hosts CMS Implementation Workshop / 04.14.06

Aquilent will host professional development workshop "Content and Taxonomy for the Long-Haul " as the first of a multi-part series: "Successful CMS Implementations ."  The one-day workshop will be held Tuesday May 9, 2006. The instructors for the workshop will be Don Bruns, Aquilent Senior Information Architect, and Joseph Busch, Taxonomy Strategies, Founder and Principal.

 Aquilent Awarded $25M BPA for VA Procurement System / 3.31.2006

Aquilent's original 2003 and $11M contract with VA expanded with $25M BPA.  The BPA supports the enhancement and nation-wide rollout of VA's Electronic Contract Management System developed by Aquilent.

 Aquilent Team Receives Goddard Honor Award / 03.22.06

Aquilent is part of Goddard Funds Control Project team that received the "Exceptional Achievement Goddard Honor Award." The team was recognized for implementing a web-based system to improve the management of funding received by the Center for science projects.

 Aquilent Hosts User Experience Workshop / 03.06.06

As part of the professional development program for our User Experience Design teams, we have invited Michelle Moscona & Lee Vann from Captura Group to hold a one day workshop onsite at Aquilent on March 30, 2006.

 Aquilent Awarded System Development Contract at Labor / 01.30.06

Aquilent announces the award of a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) at the Department of Labor (DOL) Information Technology Center (ITC) for systems development and business analysis support. The BPA has a ceiling value of $16 million and a four year period of performance.

 Aquilent Win for Defense-wide Strategic Sourcing Pilot  / 01.24.06

Aquilent, Inc. announced today the execution of a contract modification by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to leverage the Aquilent-developed SeaPort portal for the Department of Defense (DoD )Commodity Council's Defense-Wide Strategic Sourcing (DWSS) pilot. SeaPort is the DoD e-Business solution for strategic sourcing and managing multiple award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts.