ARLINGTON, Va., March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- RGS Associates, a leading change management consulting company focused on supporting Federal Government Agencies, has been awarded a five year contract to provide information technology and change management services across the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Staff. The CNO Staff Chief Information Officer (CIO) Support contract for Programmatic, Business Process Management & Technical Support is valued at over $26 million over five years if all options are exercised.

RGS will provide business process analysis, migration planning, portfolio management, knowledge and records management, and strategic planning services for the OPNAV Director of Navy Staff (DNS) CIO. This contract will support the DNS CIO organization in its leadership role at Navy headquarters to leverage information technology in the transformation of the department. RGS will support the Navy in applying the maturing Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) infrastructure to effectively reduce legacy applications, develop and deploy enterprise business solutions, and improve corporate business processes across the CNO staff.

"This contract award is an affirmation of the tremendous work the RGS staff has done across the Navy," stated Fred Raley, RGS Program Manager for the project. "RGS has supported dozens of Navy projects over our 20 year history for customers such as the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Commander Naval Installations (CNI), Navy Logistics and Readiness Directorate (OPNAV N4), and the Sea Enterprise project." RGS President Tom McMahon believes, "this award is a testament to the fact that our change management business model and super pleasing our clients is valued in the federal market. This award provides a platform to continue our growth."

Virtual Workgroup Technologies, CACI International and Competitive Innovations, LLC are partners to RGS for this effort.

About RGS

RGS, headquartered in Arlington, VA, is a professional services firm focused on helping federal agencies transform their business operations. For the past 20 years, RGS has helped their clients solve tough problems by taking a comprehensive view of transformation and addressing changes to an organization's mission, business practices, enabling technologies and the workforce in tandem. This approach has become known as Integrated Change Management (ICM) and sets RGS apart from other consulting companies based on the superior results achieved by our clients. Find out more by visiting RGS's web site at http://www.rgsinc.com/.

CONTACT: Dyson Richards of RGS Associates, +1-703-769-5850,
dyson.richards@rgsinc.com

Web site: http://www.rgsinc.com/

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