ACS Recognized for Performance Excellence with Second CMMI Level 3 Rating

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (NYSE: ACS) today announced that its Education Solutions business unit has achieved the Software Engineering Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Maturity Level 3 rating on software development projects. The rating highlights ACS’ continued performance excellence and ability to deliver value to its clients by improving business processes.

“The CMMI maturity framework will continue to be used to improve our processes so ACS can better serve its clients.”

CMMI is an internationally recognized approach that provides organizations with the elements essential for process improvement. A Level 3 rating ensures that standard processes are in place and used to establish consistency of process performance.

ACS’ Education Solutions business unit supports servicing and collections for the federal government’s student loan programs, managing the business operations of $175 billion in loans to more than 12 million borrowers. To achieve CMMI Level 3, an independent appraisal team reviewed standard processes as well as a sampling of current software development projects. The processes and projects were reviewed for the software development lifecycle, including project planning, requirements development, design, software development, testing, implementation and configuration management.

“The CMMI Level 3 rating reflects the commitment to quality that ACS has provided in serving the Department of Education for 15 years,” said Tim Conway, senior vice president and managing director, ACS Federal Solutions line of business. “The CMMI maturity framework will continue to be used to improve our processes so ACS can better serve its clients.”

Earlier this year, ACS’ Office of the CIO received a CMMI Level 3 designation for its corporate quality management system for technology implementations deployed for ACS' commercial and government clients, focusing on eight projects in the Government Healthcare Solutions line of business.

As the largest provider of business process solutions and one of the largest information technology service providers to the nation’s public sector, ACS serves as an operational partner to more than 1,700 government agencies on the federal, state, county and local level.

The work of ACS touches millions of people every day. ACS processes more than half of the nation’s child support payments; manages 24 electronic payment card programs for state and federal clients, disbursing government payments and benefits; processes nearly 570 million Medicaid claims each year totaling more than $50 billion in provider payments; saves state child care programs millions of dollars; and facilitates more than 75 million online searches for unclaimed property per year.

About ACS

ACS, a global FORTUNE 500 company with approximately 76,000 people supporting client operations reaching more than 100 countries, provides business process and information technology solutions to world-class commercial and government clients. The company's Class A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ACS.” Learn more about ACS at www.acs-inc.com.