November 19, 2009, Cape Canaveral, FL — Freedom Information Systems’ Senior Engineer and Analyst at NASA Headquarters, Jim Lynch, has received a Spaceflight Awareness Award.

One of NASAs highest awards, the Spaceflight Awareness Award is reserved for individuals who contribute beyond their normal work requirements to achieve significant impact on attaining a particular human space flight program goal.

Lynch was selected as an honoree because of his primary role in developing the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) Mishap Response Contingency Action Plan (MRCAP) and Security Response Contingency Action Plan (SecurCAP). The two plans change the model of how NASA responds to accidents and security incidents.

“Mr. Lynch has clearly developed a capability that is above and beyond his normal stated responsibilities,” said Tony Gallina, ESMD Information Systems Program Executive, “He has become the sole expert on CAPs during this process, and is clearly the ‘go-to’ resource in ESMD on how to develop a CAP.”

Lynch is the fourth Freedom employee to receive a ‘i>Spaceflight Awareness Award. “I am humbled by this honor,” he said upon notification. Freedoms President, Mark Ogles was pleased to learn of the special award. “Jim’s incredible attention to detail and his proactive technical processes have made him an invaluable asset to Freedom and to NASA. We are grateful to have him on our team, and ecstatic about a fourth Spaceflight Awareness Award in just two years!”

Freedom Information Systems, Inc. is a woman-owned, small business with offices in Alexandria, VA and Huntsville, AL with a technical staff located at federal facilities in Alabama, Florida, Ohio, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Freedom provides information management and business intelligence support for program and project managers in federal agencies such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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November 6, 2009, Washington, D.C. — Freedom Information Systems received the NASA Headquarters’ Special Service Award and was recognized for the Civil Service/Contractor Team Award during NASA’s 36th Annual Headquarters Honors Awards on Wednesday. This year the recipients included 16 individuals and teams in six categories.

The Special Service Award recognized Freedom’s leadership in developing the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate Mishap Response Contingency Action Plan (MRCAP) and Security Response Contingency Action Plan (SecurCAP). The two plans change the model of how NASA responds to accidents and security incidents.

Freedom was honored in the Civil Service/Contractor Team Award for collaborating with NASA personnel to capture facilities, assets and capabilities data, then designing and implementing a software database to effectively capture, sort, compare and report exploration requirements against the agency’s capability lists. NASA is now seeking to leverage the system and its Freedom-designed, Web-based user application to manage broader institutional capabilities – greatly expanding the impacts and benefits of this Freedom’s work for NASA.

Mark Ogles, President of Freedom, was on site to accept the Special Service Award on behalf of the Washington, D.C. team. “It is an honor to nominated for this distinguished award for our work at headquarters and then receive it in front of our colleagues,” He noted. “Our team works along side the NASA client collaborating daily to help NASA achieve mission success. It makes me proud that our clients publicly recognize we are meeting challenges and exceeding expectations.”

Freedom Information Systems, Inc. is a woman-owned, small business with offices in Alexandria, VA and Huntsville, AL with a technical staff located at federal facilities in Alabama, Ohio, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Freedom provides information management and business intelligence support for program and project managers in federal agencies such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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October 6, 2009, Madison, Ala — Freedom Information Systems hosted its corporate headquarters open house in Madison on Friday, with a ribbon cutting ceremony performed by the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce.

Freedom welcomed its clients, partners, associates and employees into the new office space. Guests toured the bright, open space, with office-lined atrium and brick-backed collaboration area.

Chamber of Commerce Chair-elect Don Nalley commenced the ribbon-cutting ceremony, officially welcoming Freedom to its new home in Madison. Nalley introduced Madison Mayor Paul Finley, who expressed gratitude for new growth that Freedom represents, not only in Madison, but also in North Alabama as a whole. Also present were representatives from the offices of Congressman Parker Griffith, Senator Jeff Sessions and Senator Richard Shelby.

Ribbon cutting ceremony. From left: Andy Kattos, ServisFirst Bank;
City of Madison Mayor, Paul Finley; Freedom CEO Andrea Ogles;
Freedom President Mark Ogles; Huntsville/Madison County Chamber
of Commerce Chair-Elect Don Nalley; Huntsville/Madison County Chamber
of Commerce representative Tom Ray

“We had a great turnout,” noted Freedom President, Mark Ogles. “We’re happy to be settled in our new office and we’re committed to the growth and support of our new community.”

Freedom Information Systems is now located in the Beacon Ridge Professional Center at 8331 Madison Blvd., Suite 400, Madison, AL. The corporate phone number remains the same, 256-721-6399.

Freedom Information Systems, Inc. is a woman-owned, small business with offices in Alexandria, VA and Huntsville, AL with a technical staff located at federal facilities in Alabama, Ohio, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Freedom provides information management and business intelligence support for program and project managers in federal agencies such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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Freedom Information Systems, Inc. is a woman-owned, small business with offices in Alexandria, VA and Huntsville, AL with a technical staff located at federal facilities in Alabama, Ohio, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Freedom provides information management and business intelligence support for program and project managers in federal agencies such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

September 10, 2009 — Madison, AL — Freedom Information Systems’ Senior Data Architect, Dr. Lisa Murphy, and NASA’s Russell Wertenberg presented a case study “To the Moon – NASA’s Constellation Program Data Architecture” at the Enterprise Architecture Conference and Exhibition in Washington, D.C.

“Lisa has extensive experience in digital documentation, and an intimate understanding of enterprise systems and their architectures,” said Freedom President, Mark Ogles. “She’s very highly regarded in the aerospace industry, and we’re thrilled that she and Russ were selected to present,” he added.

Dr. Murphy and Mr. Wertenberg explored NASA’s enterprise architecture implementation and agency-wide efforts to improve capabilities for product lifecycle management. They also shared a unique perspective with the captive audience, noting NASA’s future dependence on aging digital data for critical cases such as an on-orbit anomaly and identifying the challenges of supporting a vehicle designed, built and operated by computers.

“It was an honor to present the work that Freedom has done in helping NASA to realize its long-term enterprise architecture goals,” said Dr. Murphy. “This is what we do best and we’re happy to have a forum through which we can share our lessons learned and best practices.”

Freedom Information Systems, Inc. is a woman-owned, small business with offices in Alexandria, VA and Huntsville, AL with a technical staff located at federal facilities in Alabama, Ohio, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Freedom provides information management and business intelligence support for program and project managers in federal agencies such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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May 4, 2009, Huntsville, AL – Freedom Information Systems, a Huntsville-based data architecture firm, has become an official partner of online collaboration and development software company, Atlassian.

The Freedom Information Management teams have worked together on several projects using Atlassian’s Confuence Wiki software, a collaborative interface that boosts productivity for Freedom’s federal clients. With the additional advantage of being an Atlassian Partner, Freedom can now extend the functionality of the Wikis it manages by providing plugins and technical services.

“By becoming an Atlassian Partner, we have better positioned ourselves to support the expanding collaborative efforts currently underway with our clients,” said Barry Britnell, Freedom’s Director of Information Technology, “We recognize that when we develop plug-ins oriented toward our clients’ specific processes, we can gain even more value from collaborative tools.”

The Atlassian partner community shares technical innovations and improves local support to client users, including academia, Fortune 1000, and science and technology sectors, who have needs that go beyond the off-the-shelf package.

“When Atlassian called to talk about becoming a partner, I knew that Freedom was the perfect candidate,” said Britnell, “Freedom’s innovation is exactly what makes it a successful business.”

Freedom Information Systems, Inc. is a woman-owned, small business with offices in Alexandria, VA and Huntsville, AL with a technical staff located at federal facilities in Alabama, Ohio, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Freedom provides information management and business intelligence support for program and project managers in federal agencies such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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December 30, 2008, Huntsville, Ala – Freedom Information Systems, Inc., a data architecture and information management firm based in Huntsville, has completed Federal Enterprise Architecture Certification (FEAC) from the FEAC Institute. Fewer than 200 companies are certified by the FEAC institute, which is nationally recognized as the source for government data architecture best practices and regulations.

The certification was earned after a three-month coursework and examination period completed by Freedom’s Technical Director, Sonnie Hereford. “Enterprise architecture allows organizations to understand and manage complex systems and helps to ensure information technology resources are properly aligned with business processes,” noted Hereford.

A data architecture model includes access-controlled information storage and management, Web development, communication tools and content evaluation.
Freedom helps its clients establish tailored data architectures and implements the necessary framework to ensure success.

“Our clients place great value on industry certifications,” Freedom President Mark Ogles said, “FEAC, coupled with our Digital Security Compliance Audit certifications, allows us to advise our government clients while upholding professional standards, legislative requirements and best practices.”

Freedom Information Systems, Inc. is a woman-owned, small business with offices in Alexandria, VA and Huntsville, AL with a technical staff located at federal facilities in Alabama, Ohio, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Freedom provides information management and business intelligence support for program and project managers in federal agencies such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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December 5, 2008, Huntsville, Ala – Freedom Information Systems announced today that Larry T. Miles has joined the company in its new Chief Financial Officer position. The woman-owned, small business announced the new position after experiencing significant growth this year, as indicated by its recent rankings in the Inc 5000′s Fastest Growing Private Companies in America and Top 100 Government Services Contractors.

“Freedom is in a significant growth period and accordingly, their business operations are becoming more complex, said Miles, “My goal is to help refine our business processes to help the company grow more seamlessly. I also hope to add management strength to the company as we continue to grow.”

Miles holds a bachelor of science in accounting from the University of Alabama. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and has more than 25 years’ experience in the finance industry, both in corporate executive positions and as owner of a private CPA firm in Huntsville, Ala.

“Larry has the experience and corporate knowledge that complements the rest of Freedom’s management team,” said Freedom President, Mark Ogles, “We’re very excited that he has accepted the position, and I’m confident he will foster unprecedented growth for Freedom.”

Freedom Information Systems is a woman-owned, small business with offices in Alexandria, VA and Huntsville, AL with a technical staff located at federal facilities in Alabama, Ohio, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Freedom provides information management and business intelligence support for program and project managers in federal agencies such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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Huntsville, Ala, September 15, 2008 – Freedom Information Systems, recently ranked in Inc 5000′s Fastest Growing Companies and Top 100 Government Services Contractors, now offers Certified Security Compliance audits to its clients.

“Compliance is big business,” says Glen Damiani, Freedom’s Senior Compliance Analyst and Data Architect, “not only does legislation mandate compliance, but integrating security best practices is a key objective for organizations to meet the legislative requirements.”

Freedom’s Certified Security Compliance Specialists (CSCS) and Certified Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) Professionals (CHP) understand regulatory compliance requirements and information security, and have the skills that are valued across several industries, especially government, healthcare and finance. These certifications are rare across the country; fewer than 3,000 specialists worldwide have CHP and fewer than 300 have CSCS.

Freedom’s compliance methodology is to conduct a thorough risk assessment to identify a client’s compliance requirements in order to integrate tailored best practices that can be applied in securing the client’s business information infrastructure. Damiani always advises clients to be aware that best practices are dynamic and continually evolve as legislation changes; don’t risk implementing a “stale” practice because of lack of information; trust a certified professional.

“Sarbanes-Oxley, PIPEDA, FFIEC, HIPAA and the ISO standard can sometimes interrupt an organization’s true mission,” states Damiani, “Freedom is here to provide compliance best practices and information security so that they can get back to doing what they do best.”

Freedom Information Systems is a woman-owned, small business with offices in Alexandria, VA and Huntsville, AL with a technical staff located at federal facilities in Alabama, Ohio, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Freedom provides information management and business intelligence support for program and project managers in federal agencies such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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August 20, 2008, Huntsville, AL- Freedom Information Systems, now entering its fifth year of successful operation in the government IT support industry, has been ranked in two Inc 5000 categories.

Ranked number 1,501, out of 5,000, on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America list, Freedom made its debut on the list in its first year of eligibility for this honor. Additionally, the Huntsville-based company was ranked 69th in the Top 100 Government Services Companies list. Rankings were based on their percentage revenue growth between 2004 and 2007.

The Inc. 5000, an expansion of the Inc. 500, is a comprehensive guide to fast growing private companies in the United States. The Inc. 5000 is a publication of Inc. magazine and supporting Web site, Inc.com, which are resources for business owners to use when building their business.

Company President Mark Ogles attributed this accolade to, “each employees’ hard work in distinguishing this company and accelerating its growth through exceptional performance and unwavering dedication to clients.”

Freedom Information Systems is a woman-owned, small business with offices in Alexandria, VA and Huntsville, AL with a technical staff located at federal facilities in Alabama, Ohio, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Freedom provides information management and business intelligence support for program and project managers in federal agencies such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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