CGI ANNOUNCES US$10 MILLION AWARD FROM IRS FOR FILING AND PAYMENT COMPLIANCE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
November 08, 2007 (PRLEAP.COM) Politics News
Fairfax, Virginia, November 6, 2007– CGI Federal, Inc., a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc. (NYSE: GIB; TSX: GIB.A), today announced that it has been awarded a US$10 million contract from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide maintenance and operations support for the IRS’s Filing and Payment Compliance (F&PC) implementation. The award represents an expansion of work that CGI has been doing at the IRS since March 2005.The IRS began the implementation of F&PC using CGI’s Computer Assisted Collection System for Government (CACS-G) to address filing and compliance cases. The F&PC implementation allows the IRS to address the annual volume of cases and reduce the growth of delinquent accounts. As a result, the IRS is realizing increased case resolution due to the improved efficiencies offered by the F&PC system.
“CGI is pleased that the IRS continues to have confidence in our ability to provide them with state-of-the-art solutions and services,” said George Schindler, President, CGI Federal. “Our track record at the IRS has proven that we consistently assign the right resources to achieve successful completion of every task.”
About CGI Federal
CGI Federal (www.cgi.comusfederal) is a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc., dedicated to providing effective IT solutions for federal government agencies by combining over 30 years of government experience and technology skills.
About CGI
Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is one of the largest independent information technology and business process services firms in the world. CGI and its affiliated companies employ approximately 26,000 professionals. CGI provides end-to-end IT and business process services to clients worldwide from offices in Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia Pacific as well as from centers of excellence in North America, Europe and India. CGI's annual revenue run rate stands at CDN$3.7 billion and at June 30th, 2007, CGI's order backlog was CDN$12.4 billion. CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB) and are included in the S&P/TSX Composite Index as well as the S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology and MidCap Indices. Website: www.cgi.com.
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Peter Cutler
Director, Communications
peter.cutler@cgifederal.com
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