The Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University receives a five-year contract extension worth $584 million.
"The
Software Engineering Institute
(SEI) at Carnegie Mellon
University has received a five-year
contract extension, with a face value of $584 million," the research
center announced in a news release June 30.
The U.S.
government has extended SEI's contract through June 2015. The center said:
"The SEI's contract ensures that
the Institute will continue to pursue its mission of advancing the practice of
software engineering and improving the quality of systems that depend on
software. Previous contract renewals were in 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005. The
2005 agreement contained an option to extend the contract for five additional
years starting in 2010.
Beginning in the summer of 2009, the U.S. government conducted an extensive review of
the SEI, culminating in the recommendation by government reviewers to exercise
the option to renew the SEI contract.
The Department of Defense (DoD)
sponsoring agreement for the SEI states that "the mission of the SEI is to
provide technical leadership and innovation through research and development to
advance the practice of software engineering and technology in support of DoD
needs.""
"We are pleased to have the opportunity to continue to carry out the
SEI's mission," SEI Director and CEO Paul
Nielsen said in a statement. "Our purpose is to advance the state of the
art in software engineering and transition these advancements to the community
so that organizations may develop and acquire software that is more reliable,
more secure and more dependable."
The SEI announcement continued:
"Now celebrating its 25th
anniversary, the SEI was established in 1984 at Carnegie Mellon University as a federally funded research and development
center (FFRDC). Through its sponsor, the Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, the SEI carries out its
mission by focusing on software engineering management and technical practices.
Throughout its history, the SEI has
defined specific initiatives that address pervasive and significant problems
that impede the ability of organizations to acquire, build, and evolve
software-intensive systems predictably on time, within expected cost, and with
expected functionality."
For more information, visit the SEI Website at
www.sei.cmu.edu.
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