FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Erin Barrow
301-832-8286
ecooper@milcorp.com
MIL to provide application development services for the International Trade Administration
Bowie, Md.—June 12, 2014—The MIL Corporation (MIL) is pleased to announce its contract win with the United States Department of Commerce (DoC) International Trade Administration (ITA). Under this contract, MIL will provide application development and strategic consulting services in support of ITA’s global mission.
MIL, the incumbent on the contract, will continue to develop and modernize ITA’s application platforms, which support ITA’s global user base of over 2500 users across 230 locations, as well as major public web portals like Export.gov and Trade.gov.
The contract supports the full spectrum of application support including legacy application development, application operations, application engineering, product selection, user experience design, digital strategy, and cloud and SaaS implementations. MIL leverages key partners to provide SME services across ITA’s wide scope of projects, and is continuing their partnership with: Amazon Web Services, Creative Information Technology, Inc, GovWizely, Grant Thornton LLP, JHC Technology, LevelTree, and Mobomo. Together, MIL and its team members will work to:
- Provide technology and strategic consulting for ITA’s Digital Strategy initiatives
- Continue the development and growth of ITA’s Open Data platform
- Consolidate and migrate off of legacy CMS and Lotus Notes platforms
- Develop and grow ITA’s SharePoint based Intranet
- Continue the migration of ITA’s applications to Amazon Web Services
“Our history with ITA and the partnership that has manifested over the years make this win all the more important and meaningful.” said AVP Carter Raines. “We pride ourselves on tailoring our services, goals and objectives to ITA’s ever evolving global mission, and providing solutions successfully leverage leading Federal trends like agile development, cloud infrastructure, and open source.”
Over the course of 15 years, MIL has provided full spectrum application engineering and support services for the ITA, across multiple contract engagements. Notably in 2010, MIL became one of the first tenants of the Amazon GovCloud solution, leveraging the on-demand provider for ITA’s extensive development and prototyping environments, as well as launching Export.gov 2.0. Other key projects include the development and deployment of ITA’s global SharePoint-based Intranet, redesigning ITA’s applications and infrastructure for its 2013 reorganization, migration of ITA’s CRM efforts to a SaaS based CRM, and design of ITA’s next generation, cloud and VDI enabled network, NGN.
ITA is a global organization that works to proactively strengthen the competitiveness of U.S. industry while supporting trade and investment at home and abroad. The ITA’s stated goals are to provide practical information to help Americans select markets and products, ensure that Americans have access to international markets as required by the U.S. trade agreements, and safeguard Americans from unfair competition from dumped and subsidized imports.
About MIL
The MIL Corporation (MIL), a CMMI® Level 2 and 3 rated company established in 1980, provides agencies of the Federal government with outstanding professional services in the areas of financial management, information technology, cybersecurity, and engineering. With a staff of nearly 600 professionals, MIL provides innovative solutions to federal government customers, including the U.S. Departments of the Navy, Commerce, State, and Transportation. MIL continuously seeks to provide solutions that fit the vision, requirements, and resources of our valued customers. For more information, please visit: https://www.milcorp.com.