Big Sky Associates to support US Army’s presidential directive programme

The US Army has awarded a contract to Big Sky Associates to assist in implementation of the Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12, aimed to develop security measures for deployed and future personnel.

The project involves providing strategic planning to meet the directive programme and is commissioned by the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Assistant Secretary.

In addition to developing a common standard to protect against terrorist attacks and unknown military threats for all personnel, the US Army is considering to prevent identity fraud and protect secure facilities from unauthorised access.

Under the contract, the company as a subcontractor will manage the Army’s implementation of the directive, develop methods to measure its progress to compliance and facilitate decision analysis techniques to work through the process.

The contract also involves designing a framework to provide comprehensive oversight of the effort by the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs’ office.

Big Sky Associates co-founder and managing partner John Dillard said, "This process will provide better security by giving the Army a consistent and comprehensive framework to evaluate and identify its personnel."

"With this important project, Big Sky can help the Army prevent its own personnel from working against the government."

CSC will serve as prime contract under the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions (ITES)-2, which is valued at $20bn for a nine-year period of performance.

ITES-2 contract follows previously awarded Army’s Information Technology Enterprise Solutions vehicle.