Compusearch Supports Acquisition and Grants Workforce in Doing More with Less

DULLES, Va., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on 27 years of experience in supporting federal government employees, Compusearch today launched PRISM 7.0 to help acquisition and grants professionals meet White House and Congressional goals of creating more transparency, visibility and control of taxpayer dollars.

"Compusearch is committed to ensuring the large incoming acquisition workforce, as well experienced employees, have what they need to be successful. We spent the last 2 years working with 40,000 clients at over 80 federal agencies to gather feedback on how to modernize government's management of billions of taxpayer dollars contracted and granted each year. We partnered with government to fundamentally rethink the procurement and grants management process – setting new expectations for modern, intuitive and user-friendly tools that help meet agency mission," said Reid Jackson, CEO of Compusearch. "PRISM 7.0 synthesizes our clients' ideas, industry best practices, and cutting-edge technical expertise. We have been out in the agencies sharing PRISM 7.0 with procurement and grants executives who are excited to get this version into the hands of their new employees so they can hit the ground running and to existing employees to do their jobs faster and smarter."

PRISM is the leading procurement and grants management software that assists acquisition professionals in the end-to-end procurement, award, payment and reporting processes. PRISM 7.0 represents a leap forward in giving agencies the tools they need to do their jobs combined with the business intelligence power to ensure they are meeting agency mission in a transparent and accountable way.

PRISM 7.0 incorporates input from industry leaders such as Deidre Lee who testified to the United States Senate, "Developing a well-trained and experienced federal acquisition workforce with the tools, resources and support it needs and deserves is the single most important ingredient for success. It's essential to ensuring the wise and effective expenditures of taxpayer dollars...The acquisition community must be encouraged (and funded) to maximize the use of current technology in accomplishing their jobs. The next generation expects the technology to be readily available and will incorporate these technology applications into their successful program implementation and contract management."

"We listened to our clients and we responded to the call of the federal CIO, Vivek Kundra, to create a Web 2.0 government," said Compusearch CTO Brock Lending. "This new user-centric design with a Web 2.0 approach is the culmination of two years of client-driven feedback. New employees will experience a "guided" format while more experienced users will continue to enjoy PRISM in its existing format, but with added functionality."

Lending, who has led the technology innovation of PRISM over the last fifteen years added, "We continually re-invest in our COTS software to stay current with the latest technology. PRISM 7.0 is a .NET technology with a more configurable architecture, which allowed for a fundamental re-examination of the way users interact with the system."

"PRISM 7.0 was funded through maintenance fees with no additional cost to clients. It installs as a new version of PRISM rather than a new application so there is no migration of data or loss of existing functionality. PRISM 7.0 is section 508 compliant, has existing interfaces to Oracle, SAP and Momentum systems, and functions well in low-bandwidth and contingency operations," said CEO Reid Jackson. "We are thrilled to have met the challenge of exceeding our clients' usability expectations and upgrading our product to take advantage of the technology advances available today – all at no added cost to the government."

About Compusearch

Founded in 1983, Compusearch is the leading provider of enterprise software and services that automate mandated business rules for public sector organizations with authority to spend, grant, or move funds. Compusearch's software solutions provide federal, defense and intelligence agencies with the visibility, control, and transparency necessary to improve productivity and performance while also meeting increasingly stringent reporting requirements. Developed specifically for agencies of the U.S. Federal Government, Compusearch solutions are the most widely adopted acquisition and grants management systems with more than 40,000 authorized users representing 80 organizations around the globe. Compusearch is a privately held business owned by JMI Equity and Arlington Capital Partners.

SOURCE Compusearch