Agency will use Plateau’s Hosted Talent Management and iContent Solutions to Accelerate and Expand the Delivery of Critical Learning and Development
Arlington, Va. - 1 October, 2007 –Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, content and services, today announced that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded Plateau Systems contracts with a one year value of more than $10 million to support learning management, career development, competency management, and content delivery and administration across the Department. Under the contracts, VA will use Plateau’s hosted learning management solutions to deliver and track learning and training activities, for its 350,000 employees and other associated staff, and begin to align developmental activities with the skills and competencies required for a high performing VA workforce.
VA is implementing Plateau’s Learning Management System (LMS) and iContent service for storing, managing and deploying its custom and third party training and development content. VA will initially use iContent to manage, host and deliver 1,500 courses across the agency’s enterprise. Using Plateau’s LMS and iContent service to speed content deployment and updates will enable VA employees to maintain timely compliance with congressionally mandated training in critical areas such as cyber security, Privacy, No Fear, and Prevention of Sexual Harassment. By consolidating VA’s packaged and custom content currently housed in various legacy systems into a single, integrated system, Plateau and iContent will enable VA to facilitate the national roll-out of mandatory training.
The VA LMS is being implemented though an Interagency Agreement (IAA) between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). As an enterprise-level E-Training initiative, the VA LMS is part of the Government-wide E-Government initiatives supporting the President’s Management Agenda.
“Plateau was selected as VA’s strategic partner after consistently proving its enterprise-class scalability, functionality, and flexibility and technical depth through progressively rigorous proof of concepts and pilot programs,” said Paul Sparta, Chairman and CEO, Plateau. “We look forward to continuing our partnership and supporting VA as they extend and evolve their human capital management strategy to address broader initiatives such as career planning, performance management and succession planning.”
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About Plateau
Plateau is a leading provider of talent management software, content and services designed to increase workforce productivity and drive business success. Plateau’s award-winning software is powering talent management initiatives across some of the world’s most successful organizations, including the American Red Cross, Capital One, General Electric, the Internal Revenue Service, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and Reuters. Industry analysts at Bersin & Associates, Forrester Research and other leading information and technology research and advisory firms continue to recognize Plateau’s leadership in delivering best-in-class functionality, technology and customer satisfaction. Plateau is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with offices across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.Plateau.com.
