ANDOVER, Mass., June 15, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dynamics Research Corporation (Nasdaq:DRCO), a leading provider of innovative management consulting, engineering, and information technology services and solutions to federal and state governments, today announced that it was awarded a sub-contract from EDS, an HP company, to provide the training and performance support solution component of a $245 million project for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's Strategic Offender Management System Project. DRC's sub-contract is for four and one-half base years with additional option periods.
"DRC has a significant history delivering integrated, award winning training solutions to meet the diverse training needs of a large information management system end user base," said Tom Kelly, DRC's senior vice president and general manager for Systems Engineering and Information Technology. "Alongside our partners, we are honored to provide the State of California with an innovative, multidimensional training program to ensure the highest level of user effectiveness on the new system while minimizing impact on normal business operations."
The Strategic Offender Management System will encompass multiple, integrated applications along with a single statewide offender database, allowing the State to replace its current paper-based, disparate system. DRC will be providing train-the-trainer courses to over 1,200 state trainers. For the more than 25,000 end users, DRC will provide a blended learning approach that combines e-learning, instructor-led webinars, hands-on practice, and a comprehensive, task-based online help system for just-in-time user assistance.
About Dynamics Research Corporation
Dynamics Research Corporation (DRC) is a leading provider of mission-critical technology management services and solutions for government programs. DRC offers the capabilities of a large company and the responsiveness of a small company, backed by a history of excellence and customer satisfaction. Founded in 1955, DRC is a publicly held corporation (Nasdaq: DRCO) and maintains more than 25 offices nationwide with major offices in Andover, Massachusetts and the Washington, D.C. area. For more information please visit our website at www.drc.com.
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