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CBP Modernization Office Achieves New Heights in Project Management

February 23, 2004, Alexandria, VA The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Modernization Office (CBPMO) has attained a Level 2 rating for the Software Engineering Institute’s Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model (SA-CMM®). This makes the CBPMO the first civilian government organization to achieve such a rigorous rating for project management.

The Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model is a management tool designed to make software acquisition and management easier and more accountable by creating a sound organizational structure for managing system acquisition projects. It was developed in 1996 by representatives from the Department of Defense, several civilian government agencies, and private industry under the leadership of Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute.

Robbins-Gioia’s process improvement and quality assurance team has worked with the CBPMO to develop and institutionalize policies, plans, processes, and procedures to achieve process maturity for the past two years.

About U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is an agency within the Department of Homeland Security that unifies U.S. Customs, Immigration and Agriculture Inspectors and the U.S. Border Patrol. For more information, visit the web site at www.cbp.gov

About Robbins-Gioia
Robbins-Gioia has been dedicated to delivering management consulting solutions to government agencies and Fortune 500 companies for 20 years. Robbins-Gioia combines thought leadership, disciplined processes, industry-based knowledge, and integrated tools to help global customers optimize their business processes, accelerate change, and establish time, cost, and quality improvements to transform their businesses. For more information, please call Robbins-Gioia, LLC at 800-663-7138, or visit the web site at www.robbinsgioia.com.