HUD Receives Excellence in Enterprise Architecture Award

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thomas & Herbert Consulting
LLC (T&H) announced today that the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban
Development (HUD) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) was awarded
the Excellence in Enterprise Architecture Award by the 1105 Government
Information Group and the Federated Enterprise Architecture Certification
(FEAC) Institute. The award recognized HUD for use of Enterprise Architecture
best practices in achieving efficiencies, greater effectiveness, transparency,
and increased collaboration and innovation in developing solutions to mission
goals. HUD's Acquisition Modernization Initiative yielded increased business
process efficiencies and the elimination of non-value added steps in the
acquisition process.

The award was presented to Ms. Ylanda Ford, HUD's Chief Architect and Director
of Enterprise Architecture, on September 10th, 2009 during the Enterprise
Architecture Conference held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC.

T&H has been under contract delivering Enterprise Architecture services for
the HUD OCIO since October 2004. The Firm's support includes modernization
and business transformation, enterprise-wide business modeling, enterprise
strategy, technology and transition planning.

Mr. Rodney Thomas, Chairman and CEO of T&H stated, "Congratulations to Ms.
Ford and the entire team for this tremendous achievement. T&H takes great
pride in the services and support that we have provided to HUD over the past 5
years, and we appreciate doing business with HUD."

About HUD
HUD's mission is to increase homeownership, support community development and
increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination. The
Department also promotes economic and community development and enforces the
nation's fair housing laws. More information about HUD and its programs is
available on the Internet at www.hud.gov and www.espanol.hud.gov.

About Thomas & Herbert Consulting LLC (T&H)
At T&H, we are passionate about the success of our clients. Founded in 1996,
T&H is a small, Veteran-owned, CMMI Level 3 Certified management and
information technology consulting firm with an impeccable track record for
delivering solutions that improve our clients' business. We deliver Business
Transformation, Systems Integration and Development, Program Management, and
Outsourcing services for Government. We support Government clients in the
Washington, DC area, Chicago, IL, Philadelphia, PA, and Miami, FL. Our
values, people, integrity, quality and fun are embraced by our team of highly
skilled, experienced and friendly staff. For more information, visit our
website at www.thcllc.com.

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