NARTech is playing a key role in stabilizing operations and expanding the business functionality of the HUD FHEO IT systems, including the HUD Enforcement Management System (HEMS), FHIP Performance Tracking, Fair Housing Discrimination Complaints (903 form) submissions, FHEO Program Compliance Data Visualization, FHEO SharePoint and internal/external web sites. Our work covers all application development and maintenance lifecycle phases, including definition, build, testing, deployment, operations, and maintenance. Recently, NARTech has extended the functionality of HEMS with the Site-and-Neighborhood Standards (SNS) Checklist module using the Form.io tool as a low-code solution, reducing the implementation time for this 25+ page form from 6 months to 6 weeks without any additional labor or licensing costs. We are assisting the HUD FHEO in defining and implementing AI-based data analytics and operational improvement solutions. We use Scalable Agile Framework (SAFe) integrated with DevSecOps and our High Maturity CMMI-Development Level 5 practices for high-quality product delivery. Since NARTech’s return on this support contract, the HEMS application is back to having zero defect releases!

BETHESDA, MD, November 2022 – NARTech announced that it has been appraised a 4th time at the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 5 for developing software products with the highest quality and productivity that meet customer needs . With this significant achievement, NARTech remains in an elite group of forty (40) companies across the United States who have reached this notable milestone. This CMMI Level 5 appraisal places NARTech among the Top 5% of appraisals in the United States , according to the CMMI Institute’s Published Appraisal Results. As organizations mature, they progress through the following levels: 1-Initial > 2-Managed > 3-Defined > 4-Quantitatively Managed > 5-Optimizing. Thus, CMMI-Dev L5 is analogous to the organization having a doctorate-level degree of knowledge, i.e., the highest level of software development capability.

The pace of change in the IT landscape has necessitated faster software deployment, albeit there’s a catch. The meaning of the term ‘faster’ can vary according to the choice of the IT partner. More often than not, the IT partner will deploy a minimum viable product (MVP) – the user organization may not recognize that the final deployed solution is an expansion of their MVP, giving a different meaning to the term faster. For some, the term faster is exclusive of the time taken by an organization to provide, at least, a blueprint of their existing IT infrastructure. And then comes the security of all these efforts, which is taken care of, in theory, by DevSecOps. Enter NARTech.

Enter NARTech. Drawing from its expertise in providing integrated DevSecOps services for mission-critical application development, NARTech offers an answer to the ongoing problem between development speed and security of digital applications. “At NARTech, DevSecOps is in the DNA of everything we do. Contrary to the fact that testing the application security at every stage would only lengthen the project timeline, NARTech believes that automating application testing and code inspection can help our clients make their application development ecosystem more agile and secure,” underscores Urusa Salman, CEO of NARTech.

GSA awarded a new 20-year Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) to NARTech through a streamlined award process. This new MAS contract has a 5-year base and three 5-year option periods. It is a follow-on to NARTech’s previous GSA IT Schedule 70 that was awarded back in March 2005 and is now coming closer to its sunset. More information regarding this GSA MAS contract vehicle is provided under the NARTech’s Contract Vehicles page — see: Contract-Vehicles – NARTech, Inc. (nartechinc.com)

NARTech has been accepted into the Salesforce Consulting Partner Program. This program is designed for firms like NARTech, to lead the next phase of innovations and help customers in entirely new ways by offering implementation, integration, and/or custom development related to the Services.

NARTech, Inc. has joined the Amazon Partner Network (APN) as a Select Tier Consulting Partner. This competency is based on our capability to deliver proven solutions on Amazon Web Services (AWS) platforms. This APN partner designation requires technical capability, appropriately skilled and certified staff, launched initiatives, and satisfied customers.

NARTech, Inc. has achieved Microsoft Gold Partner status in the competency for Application Development. This reflects NARTech’s mature capability in developing IT application solutions using the Microsoft platform. NARTech has exceptional CMMI L5 High Maturity Software Development capability using Agile, DevSecOps, .NET Framework, Azure Cloud, Data Analytics, AI/ML tools, and various other leading-edge technologies.

NARTech today announced that it had been appraised a 3rd time at the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 5 for developing software products with highest quality and productivity that meet customer needs. With this significant achievement, NARTech remains in an elite group of thirty-five (35) companies across the United States who have reached this notable milestone.

NARTech, Inc. has received ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 9001 accreditation for demonstrating our ongoing commitment to meeting and exceeding international standards related to Quality Management when delivering Information Technology (IT) Systems Development, Modernization, Operations, and Maintenance services to the U.S. Federal Government clients.

NARTech: The DevSecOps Champions

An expert with Agile DevSecOps capabilities and a unique CMMI Level 5 qualification, NARTech integrates automated testing and code quality inspection through its DevSecOps toolchain and pipeline tool, AppGen. “Our auto-generated DevSecOps application pipeline includes code quality scanning, regression testing, 508 compliance, Docker builds, and cloud deployment, and can be enhanced to use almost any tool necessary for a client’s DevSecOps environment,” Ms. Urusa Salman, the CEO of NARTech said.

NARTech today announced that it has been re-appraised at the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 5. With this significant achievement, NARTech joins an elite group of less than forty (40) companies across the United States who have reached this notable milestone.

NARTech has been awarded a prime contract for development, modernization, and enhancements of HUD’s Section 3 Performance Evaluation and Registry System (SPEARS)

NARTech, a CMMI Level 5 organization, is pleased to announce their selection as the awardee for the EPA’s Data Act Support Services contract.

NARTech today announced that it has been appraised at the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 5. This CMMI Level 5 appraisal places NARTech among the Top 5.6% of companies in the US and among the Top 7.4% CMMI appraised companies in the world, according to the CMMI Institute’s Published Appraisal Results.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) awarded NARTech a 5-Year contract to provide Application Development Support Services for FHFA’s more than thirty (30) internally developed applications. These applications support FHFA’s mission to regulate and supervise Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and twelve (12) Federal Home Loan Banks.

NARTech, a CMMI Level 4 organization, is pleased to announce that they have been selected by HUD to provide Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) support services for the Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO). Under this 3-year IV&V contract, NARTech will provide quality assurance and control services to support the successful implementation of HUD’s IT projects, systems and services, including solution development and delivery for the various program areas within the agency, using industry standards, such as PMBOK, CMMI and IEEE.

NARTech, a CMMI Level 4 organization is pleased to announce their selection as HUD’s Enforcement Center Management Systems (HEMS) contract awardee.

NARTech today announced that it has been appraised at the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 4. With this significant achievement, NARTech joins an elite group of only six (6) other US Companies who have reached this notable milestone, according to the CMMI Institute’s Published Appraisal Results. A CMMI Level 4 appraisal places NARTech among the Top 6.4% of companies in the USA and among the Top 9.2% CMMI appraised companies in the world.

NARTech has met the goals of SEI CMMI Level 3 Process Maturity and has received 100% rating for process capability and 93% for implementation in the areas of Requirements Development, Technical solution, Product Integration, Verification, Validation, Organizational Process Focus and Definition, Organizational Training, Integrated Project Management, Risk Management, Decision Analysis and Resolution.

NARTech was awarded a 5-year prime contract for providing full system development life cycle services for Web Access Security System (WASS). WASS serves as the single sign-on portal and provides a common framework for administering application-level security for over 35 HUD program area business application systems and over 140,000 external and 4,000 internal HUD end-users.

NARTech was selected to provide Information Technology (IT) Services for the five (5) Office of General Counsel (OGC) application systems and the E-Discovery program. This involves maintenance as well as modernization and integration of OGC application systems to align with evolving business and technology refreshment needs.

NARTech staff completed Advanced Administration Certifications for the E-Discovery Clearwell tool set to assist our federal clients in implementation of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) for Information Management, Identification, Preservation, Collection, Review, Analysis, Production, and Presentation of Electronically Stored Information (ESI) in support of Federal Rules of Civil Procedures (FRCP) Amendments.

NARTech team applauded for producing phenomenal results in delivering collaboration solution using Agile/SCRUM development methodology with Microsoft SharePoint 2007 and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) thus reducing software release cycle period from 6 months to 2 weeks in support of the Federal Government Regulatory Compliance and E-Discovery initiative for the Electronically Stored Information (ESI).

NARTech recognized among key contributors in supporting the NIH’s caBIG initiative for launching a 21st century information technology GRID for transforming and advancing life sciences and cancer research.

NARTech establishes CMMI Level 3 organizational policies, procedures and deliverables library. Artifacts hosted under MS SharePoint 2007 platform and are readily accessible to all NARTech associates.

GovWorks renews NARTech prime contracts for software and quality assurance support.

System Integration Support task order awarded to NARTech for modernizing and integrating five disparate legacy federal litigation and enforcement systems.

NARTech received prime contract to provide application systems development, operations and maintenance support for the Enforcement Center Imaging, Management Reporting, and Integrated Tracking systems.

NARTech began support of the eXperiment Archive (XAR) application project.

NARTech signed up to support FDIC Information Technology Application Support (ITAS) program. Primary tasks included application support and maintenance of the supervisory and administrative systems.

NARTech began work on Configuration and Quality Management System task order assisting with requirement-based Independent Validation & Verification (IV&V) testing, software configuration management, and software quality assurance for over 40 mission-critical application systems.

NARTech enters into consulting agreement to provide Software Release Management and Integration support performing all phases of independent application compatibility testing and quality assurance required before software is released in the standard and complex production environment.

NARTech selected to provide IT support services to the FDIC Internet and e-Business strategy and development programs with leading industry teaming partners. This includes maintenance of over 30 Web-based applications and full system development life-cycle support of e-business system, the FDICconnect.