AMS Wins Kentucky Contract Extension

American Management Systems Inc. has signed a two-year, $3 million contract extension with the Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet to provide an integrated solution for managing environmental data, the company announced Sept. 5.

AMS' Tools for Environmental Management and Protection Organizations solution, known as Tempo, will help Kentucky's Department of Environmental Protection streamline its permitting process and promote regulatory compliance, according to state and company officials.

The contract extension provides for two additional releases of the software, which will include permitting, compliance and enforcement activities for the department's air, water and waste program.

New features will include Web-based interactive mapping and expanded support for exam and licensing requirements, AMS said.

In a related announcement, the state's Department of Environmental Protection also has decided to implement AMS' Comprehensive Organizational Monitoring Program and Assessment Support System, an enterprisewide, monitoring data management tool and companion product to Tempo, said state and company officials.

Tempo is part of an ongoing effort by Kentucky Gov. Paul Patton to simplify the state's regulatory process, said Kay Harker, environmental manager of the Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection.

The new agreement expands Kentucky's Tempo license to include the Natural resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet's Office of Legal Services, which serves the departments of environmental protection, natural resources and surface mining reclamation and enforcement. The Office Legal Services will use
Tempo to track legal cases for these agencies.

AMS has similar contracts with New Jersey, New Mexico and Mississippi.

AMS of Fairfax, Va., has about 8,300 employees and had revenue of $1.28 billion in fiscal 2000.