National Federal Government: Related News
- EDS Helps UK Government Tackle Shortage of Teachers (13 Aug 2008)
- EDS has joined 60 organisations in supporting the UK Government's “Transition to Teaching” programme. Developed by employers and funded by the government's Training and Development Agency (TDA), the programme helps to address the long-standing shortage of teachers in maths, science and information and communications technology (ICT) by encouraging people with relevant degrees to consider becoming teachers.
- EDS Honored By the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs With Corporate Champion Award (10 Jun 2008)
- HERNDON, Va. – EDS today announced it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to receive a Corporate Champion Award for exceeding the U.S. government's 3 percent goal for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) participation in federal procurements.
- EDS to Upgrade Federal Government's Online Services (30 May 2008)
- CANBERRA – EDS Australia has won a contract to transform the Federal Government's australia.gov.au website into a whole-of-government transaction point covering multiple services.
- EDS Selected for U.S. General Services Administration Contact Center Program (20 Mar 2008)
- EDS today announced it has been selected by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to provide call center services for all federal government agencies under the newly awarded USA Contact contract. EDS is one of nine companies that may compete for task orders under the $2.5 billion Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract.
- EDS Ethics Program Recognized For Excellence (17 Mar 2008)
- PLANO, Texas – EDS has been recognized as having one of the “Best Overall Government Contractor Ethics Programs” by the Ethisphere Institute, a think-tank dedicated to the research and promotion of best practices in business ethics and compliance.
- Singapore Government Announces a S$1.3 Billion SOEasy Program Award to EDS-led oneMeridian Consortium (28 Feb 2008)
- PLANO, Texas and SINGAPORE – Today, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) announced the award of an eight-year information technology (IT) services deal worth approximately S$1.3 billion (US$1 billion) to EDS, leader of the oneMeridian consortium.
- What Makes for Shared Services Success (01 Oct 2007)
- Eds.com recently met with Trudy McKnight, the senior executive responsible for EDS’ U.S. Government shared services practice, and EDS Client Industry Executive Judith Douglas to get their reading on where the market is headed, what makes for success, and how EDS is delivering business value in shared services engagements across the globe.
- Offender Assessment System (27 Aug 2007)
- To enable information sharing across the national prison system of England and Wales, EDS armed Her Majesty's Prison Service (HMPS) with a centralised, streamlined IT infrastructure. This, along with a pioneering “joined-up justice” Offender Assessment System (OAS's) and a state-of-the art data center, helps reduce the risk of repeat offenses.
- EDS to Serve as Subcontractor with AT&T to Provide IT Services to Federal Agencies Under GSA Networx Enterprise Contract (13 Jun 2007)
- HERNDON, Va. – EDS will provide a range of information technology services to federal government agencies and will serve as a subcontractor to AT&T Government Solutions, a business unit of AT&T, Inc., under a Networx Enterprise contract.
- EDS Selected by GSA for $66 Million HSPD-12 Identity Management Services Contract for Federal Agencies (25 Apr 2007)
- HERNDON, Va., – EDS today announced it has been selected by the U.S. General Services Administration to provide identity management services to federal government civilian agencies. These services will allow agencies to comply with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12), which calls for a mandatory government-wide standard for a secure common form of identification for all federal government employees and contractors.
- Defense Supply Center Gets One-Stop Support (22 Mar 2007)
- During the past nine years, EDS has helped the Defense Supply Center Richmond develop a command-wide 24x7 help desk, providing technical expertise in information assurance (IA), administering systems on various platforms, and providing legacy system management leading to modernization efforts.
- An Advocate for Commercial Best Practices (09 Mar 2007)
- David Hadsell inherited a broad portfolio when he was named vice president of sales and business development for EDS' U.S. government services division. About six months into the job, Hadsell said he approaches the new job with a clear purpose: to bring the best commercial business practices into the business of government.