General Dynamics Honored with Outstanding Contractor Award by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

FAIRFAX, Va., Oct 29, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), received the 2009 Outstanding Contractor Award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Children and Families at a 1 p.m.

award ceremony today at the National Transportation Safety Board Conference Center in Washington, D.C.

General Dynamics serves on the Child Protection team in the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF).

The team, composed entirely of General Dynamics' employees, is being honored for its service and performance.

"General Dynamics is proud of the accomplishments of our team at the Administration for Children and Families," said Marcus Collier, senior vice president of General Dynamics Information Technology's Civilian and Homeland Security Solutions Division. "This team's efforts have led to the increased identification of and assistance to child victims of trafficking by providing training and technical assistance to law enforcement and social service providers. We congratulate our employees for their wonderful work." Collier continued, "We are pleased to leverage our years of professional-services experience on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services since 2000. In those nine years of service to ACF, General Dynamics has been honored as Contractor of the Year three times, most recently in 2008." The Child Protection team provides case coordination for child trafficking victims and works collaboratively with ORR staff, non-governmental organizations, and federal, state and local partners to increase the identification of child victims of trafficking, as well as training and technical assistance to all federal field specialists and ORR-funded shelters that identify trafficking victims. It ensures the placement of unaccompanied child victims in specialized foster case where the victims can successfully recover from the trauma they experienced. In addition, the team focuses its efforts on developing proper care for identified victims in collaboration with state and local governments.

As a trusted systems integrator for more than 50 years, General Dynamics Information Technology provides information technology (IT), systems engineering, professional services and simulation and training to customers in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, federal civilian government and commercial sectors. With approximately 16,000 professionals worldwide, the company manages large-scale, mission-critical IT programs delivering IT services and enterprise solutions. More information about General Dynamics Information Technology is available at www.gdit.com.

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 92,300 people worldwide. The company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies. More information about General Dynamics is available online at www.gd.com.

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