Projects

AQUAS conducted facilitated working sessions with key Grading Service representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to identify opportunities for streamlining processes, and for reuse of information to enhance program area objectives. The effort included the development of As-Is and To-Be business models, process flows and entity relationship diagrams. AQUAS went on to develop an comprehensive system in a WebLogic Server environment, which passes information to SQL Server stored procedures and the web-enabled presentation layer. The system's back end is MS SQL Server 7 with an imminent migration to 2000. SCREENSHOTS

AQUAS created an application using Cold Fusion and SQLServer for entering and tracking ethics consultations for the Veterans' Administration's Office of Ethics. SCREENSHOTS

Department of Defense Medical Services

In support of the U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force medical corps, AQUAS assisted a business process reengineering effort designed to provide rapid network access to a patient's medical record from any military medical unit within a hospital or in the field. AQUAS helped develop the functional and technical specifications, conducted the technology review and assessment to identify appropriate hardware and software, developed an acquisition plan, and supported the military BPR team with facilitation services, meeting support, report preparation and document change management. AQUAS also supported the project officer in maintaining and updating budgetary data, preparing briefings and presentations, and providing functional representation in conferences and working groups.

USDA Poultry Program Grading Services

AQUAS conducted facilitated working sessions with key Grading Service representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to identify opportunities for streamlining processes, and for reuse of information to enhance program area objectives. The effort included the development of As-Is and To-Be business models, process flows and entity relationship diagrams.

U.S. Small Business Administration

AQUAS assisted the U.S. Small Business Administration in a major reengineering project designed to dramatically improve information access and exchange within the SBA as well as between SBA and it's business partners, utilizing client/server and Internet/intranet/extranet technologies.

As part of this effort, AQUAS designed, developed, deployed, documented and tested the Partner Identification and Management System (PIMS), a three-tier, Sybase and web-enabled information system for managing financial institution data. AQUAS was involved in the full system development life cycle. Tasks included conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions and one-on-one interviews to collect functional requirements, designing the system using ER-win and BP-win CASE tools and developing a prototype of the system. AQUAS also conducted peer reviews, established test and verification procedures, and conducted unit, system and integration testing to verify that the system met all the functional requirements.

Further, using state-of-the-art replication technology, AQUAS designed, developed, implemented, and tested the stored procedures and system interfaces required to replicate Oracle data from Thomson Financial Services to the SBA's client/server Sybase environment, a system designed to dramatically improve the accuracy and timeliness of the SBA's database.

State of Maryland, Annapolis

Financial Management systems assessment and review. As subcontractor to OAO Corporation, AQUAS provided support in the analysis of State of Maryland financial management systems to identify inefficiencies and vulnerabilities.

U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service

Maintain and enhance financial payment and transaction tracking databases, providing support for Oracle databases, the installation and configuration of Tivoli software, and advanced secure features.

DC Juvenile Courts System
Developed a juvenile court case outcome management system for juveniles that are ordered into rehabilitation programs. The system includes the capture of periodic evaluations and creates and reports on relationships between drug rehabilitation program and further court appearances.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Provided support to Price Waterhouse for multi-family and public and Indian housing programs, assisted in planning and design of data warehouse and meta data development. Supported the integration of Lotus Notes and Sybase databases for presentation through Lotus Notes Domino Server. Currently, as a prime contractor, we provide technical support for end user problem requests related to Executive Correspondence Tracking and Imaging systems. AQUAS is also a Business Process Improvement contractor with the Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Veterans Affairs (VA), National Center for Ethics

Developed a knowledge management system to collect, track and research bio-ethics consults and referrals. Constructed a proof of concept web-enabled prototype that permits sharing and linking research documents and opinions to consults, as well as tracking consult management activities from receipt of request to disposition, and the follow on QM process.

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Developed and managed a web-enabled Oracle/ColdFusion system for grant proposal submission and evaluation. Constructed data model, migrated from legacy Paradox system, conducted data migration, testing, and training.

The Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to use Smartlogik's knowledge management portal to provide its staff with a single source of news gathered from several different internal and external sources. The Ministry was concerned that collecting news from several different sources could result in vital news being missed. According to Anja Rasmussen, Head of Library Services at the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Smartlogik "will make it much easier for our staff to access the exact information they need more quickly than ever. Smartlogik's integrated alerting solution will also ensure that staff have all the latest news relevant to them exactly when they need it."

The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy, the world’s largest conservation organization, faced two problems, common to many organizations:

• Employees had difficulty finding documents unless they knew exactly where to look
• Changes to either the information or the hierarchy often meant documents were orphaned and lost, and also resulted in intranet links that led nowhere.

The Nature Conservancy selected Hyperwave because its knowledge management system does not require heavy investments in infrastructure or IT personnel. The organization also considered Hyperwave's technology for managing the relational and navigational hyperlinks between documents. This built-in functionality helps ensure that documents don't become orphaned and that users never face the frustration of clicking on broken links resulting from the movement or deletion of a target document.

"Our employees are very busy and don't have time to waste on dead-end researching," said Grove. "We expect to save time and leverage existing knowledge. "The Hyperwave system will support The Nature Conservancy's learning and research environment. Employees around the globe will be able to use powerful search tools to find documents on any topic, from how to execute a conservation easement to how to get rid of a pesky, invasive weed. When the documents on file aren't enough for the situation at hand, Hyperwave's expertise location function will help them find the right person to contact.

The Nature Conservancy plans to store some 300,000 documents on the Hyperwave Information Server, including Microsoft Word, WordPerfect and text files as well as PDF and graphics files. Founded in 1951, The Nature Conservancy has over 3,000 employees in 300 different locations in 30 countries. The group has over one million members around the world.