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Article: The DON IT Umbrella Program turns 17! The Umbrella Program fulfills the Navy's duties as ESI executive agent for office automation and resource planning: the Umbrella Program meets the objectives and requirements for the FORCEnet architecture.(Department of the Navy Information Technology )
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- April 1, 2005
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We are just 17, if you know what I mean! That's right; the Department of the Navy Information Technology (DON IT) Umbrella Program celebrates 17 years of bringing substantial cost avoidance savings for DON and Department of Defense (DoD) customers.
It was June 1988 when the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management chartered the establishment of the Umbrella Program. In his chartering letter, he delineated the benefits of using a Department-wide acquisition strategy with "umbrella contracts" to reduce procurement time and costs, achieve substantial discounts and promote cost-effective standardization.
These historic joint service contracts ...