OnPoint Awarded HITSS Program Task to Support State Department’s Messaging Center

ARLINGTON, VA – October, 2007 – OnPoint Consulting Inc. (OnPoint) has been awarded a five-year task order under the Hybrid Information Technology Services for State (HITSS) Program to support the State Department Main State Messaging Center (MSMC) Domestic Communications Center (DCC).

MSMC operates mission-critical systems that support messaging for DoS and the Foreign Affairs community, including the Automated Telecommunication System III (ATS III), State Automated Messaging System Relay (SAMS\R) and State Telecommunications Automated Relay System (STARS), while DCC processes all incoming and outgoing telegraphic messages within the MSMC. Under this task order, OnPoint and its partner, ITT Corporation, will provide IT professionals cleared at the Top Secret—Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) level to support legacy DCC systems and facilitate DCC’s migration to the State Messaging Archive/Retrieval Toolset (SMART).

“This task order is OnPoint’s first win under the HITSS Program and our first significant work with the State Department,” said OnPoint President, Shankar Pillai. He added, “We are honored that the State Department has entrusted OnPoint to support its mission-critical messaging systems.”

About OnPoint: With 2006 revenues of $25 million, OnPoint is a growing ISO 9001-certified technology consulting firm that provides critical thinking, strategic analysis, and thought leadership to improve performance, lower costs, and achieve results for clients. OnPoint provides solutions that create value for our clients in Information Assurance, Network Operations, Project Management and Systems Development.