CGI to develop data management environment at Department of the Interior's Office of Natural Resources Revenue
CGI (NYSE: GIB) has secured a task order from the Department of the Interior's Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) to create a modern data management environment. This initiative aims to enhance the collection and disbursement of federal and Indian royalties. The project is valued at $12.9 million over 36 months, starting with an initial funding of $3.3 million. The cloud-based solution will improve data access, quality, and transparency, and utilizes Amazon Web Services and Snowflake's technologies for efficient data management.
- Awarded a task order valued at $12.9 million to develop a data management environment for the ONRR.
- Initial funding of $3.3 million boosts short-term revenue.
- Improves coordination with federal agencies and enhances royalties collection.
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FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CGI (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A) announced it has been awarded a new task order by the Department of the Interior's (DOI) Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) to develop a new, modern, innovative data management environment that will improve the collection and disbursement of federal and Indian royalties. Enhanced data management through the new Data Management Environment (DME) will enable ONRR to better coordinate its activities with other federal agencies to support the Department's management of oil, gas, and other natural resources. This task order includes a 36-month period of performance with initial funding of
The cloud-based, platform-as-a-service DME serves as a foundational element of ONRR's efforts to modernize its IT systems. System users will benefit from self-service data access and user-generated reports; improved data quality, consistency, access and transparency; and reliability across the organization. CGI will use an integration of Amazon Web Services (AWS) native tools and Snowflake's platform-as-a-service solution to enable large-scale data ingestion, consolidation and dissemination.
"CGI is proud to continue our service in delivering modern, mission-enabling solutions to Bureaus across the Department of the Interior," stated Stefan Becker, CGI Senior Vice-President. "We will leverage a proven, innovative and secure cloud-based data management environment solution that supports ONRR in its mission of ensuring the full and fair collection and disbursement of federal and Indian royalties for use of public and renewable energy and mineral resources."
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