[April 08, 2009] CGI Wins $67 Million EPA Contract Tweet Apr 08, 2009 (FinancialWire via COMTEX) -- April 8, 2009 (FinancialWire) -- CGI Group Inc., (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A) said that its federal IT services unit has been selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to provide support for the Central Data Exchange, the point of entry for the transmission of environmental data to EPA on its national environmental information exchange network. The three-year contract is valued at approximately $67 million. EPA's CDX is designed to enable the electronic submission of environmental data over the internet between EPA and its external stakeholders, including the states and regulated industries. It also provides the capability for submitters to access their data through the use of web services. Under the award, CGI will be supporting EPA's CDX through built-in quality checks, standard file formats, and a common approach to exchanging data to help all parties make sound decisions to protect the environment. Canada-based CGI Group is an information technology and business process services firm. CGI and its affiliated companies employ around 25,000 people. The company provides IT and business process services to clients worldwide from offices in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia Pacific as well as from centers in North America, Europe and India. FinancialWire(tm) is a fully independent, proprietary news wire service. FinancialWire(tm) is not a press release service, and receives no compensation for its news, opinions or distributions. Further disclosure is at the FinancialWire(tm) web site (http://www.financialwire.net/disclosures.php). Contact FinancialWire(tm) directly via [email protected]. Free annual reports for companies mentioned in the news are available through the Free Annual Reports Service (http://investrend.ar.wilink.com/?level=279). http://www.financialwire.net [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]