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Wheeling, WV. September 9, 1998-----Gov.Cecil H. Underwood was in Wheeling today to congratulate HGO Technology, Inc. for winning a $7.9 million contract with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA. Under the contract, HGO will provide computer systems analysts, programmers, and biostatisticians to support the CDC's Morgantown, WV research laboratory operated by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The contract will be managed from HGO's Morgantown, WV office. NIOSH's mission, in general, is to be attentive to, involved with, and strive for elimination of anything that is potentially unsafe or hazardous in the work environment. HGO's staff are currently working on projects that include developing new methods for measuring airborne contaminants; developing online electronic catalogs for records management; developing artificial intelligence systems to categorize nationwide occupational data, and creating internet and intranet systems for data assimilation to the public. This newly awarded contract will sustain approximately 26 existing positions and create 10 new positions. HGO currently employees a staff of 80 persons. Governor
Underwood, who has been an aggressive advocate of technology development
in West Virginia, cited HGO Technology as a premier high tech U.S. Senator Robert Byrd and U.S. Rep. Alan Mollohan also conveyed personal best wishes to the computerization firm for securing the pact in a competitive process that lasted approximately six months and involved nationwide competition. "We
are particularly pleased to have won this contract in light of the procurement
requirements for the past performance and value-added work that had to
be O'Malley
credited the firm's entire staff for stellar work. He said the firm's
greatest competitive advantage is the human asset and high tech expertise
each HGO Since Governor Underwood's Platform cited technology development and transfer as a priority for his administration, it is only appropriate that he join in this function. "In 1990, I attended HGO's first CDC contract award ceremony. With their many new contracts since then, HGO is proof that West Virginia high tech companies can grow and prosper by establishing a reputation from their past performance that enables them to participate and win highly competitive contracts nationwide," Underwood said. In 1996,
HGO was awarded a $5.5 million, five-year automated data processing support
contract from CDC for support to their NIOSH laboratory in Cincinnati, HGO is a computerization consulting, network engineering, and software development firm handling Government and private sector clients that include CDC, FAA, U.S. Bureau of Census, NASA, Miles Corp., Ormet Corporation, Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel, and NGK Sparkplug MFG. The firm
is an award-winning, high growth, technology company that has been honored
as one of West Virginia's Ten Best Businesses - 1995; Ernst and Young |
