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Title: October 25, 2005


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Booz Allen Hamilton Summary
October 25, 2005 Joyce Wenger Bob Kreeb
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Contents
  • Introduction to Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Selected Recent Projects

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Booz Allen has built a strong and stable business
providing strategy and technology consulting to
government and commercial clients
Introduction to Booz Allen Hamilton
Headquarters McLean, Virginia Offices Nearly
100 worldwide Public Sector Clients U.S.
Federal Government, State and local governments,
foreign governments Commercial Sector Clients
More than 400 of the Fortune 500 firms Annual
Revenue 3B Professional Staff 16,000
Recent Employee and Revenue Growth
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Government clients are the mainstay of our
businessand our service offerings have developed
to meet their specific needs
Introduction to Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Major service areas
  • Strategy policy and regulatory analysis,
    business and financial planning, market analysis,
    benchmarking, public-private partnerships
  • Organizational Change institutional
    transformation, change management, staffing and
    training,
  • Operations modeling and simulation, capacity
    analysis, service planning, asset management, and
    logistics
  • Information communications IT modernization,
    communication networks, implementation
  • Technology RFID, smart cards, biometrics,
    system assurance and integration, interface
    management, and engineering

Proportion of Work by Major Client Sectors
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Our business systems and staff are equipped to
effectively manage Federal contracts and meet
DCAA auditing requirements
Introduction to Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Selected Government contracting vehicles that
    Booz Allen holds
  • Information Technology Professional Services (IT)
  • Management, Organizational, and Business Process
  • Improvement Services (MOBIS)
  • Environmental Services Schedule
  • Professional Engineering Services (PES)
  • Logistics Worldwide (LOGWORLD)
  • Financial and Business Solutions Schedule (FABS)
  • Advertising and Integrated Marketing Solutions
    (AIMS)
  • Energy Management Services
  • Millennia ANSWER
  • Training Management Assistance (TMA) (Office of
    Personnel Management)
  • ITOP2
  • Connections (GSA/FTS/Network Services)

Booz Allen holds Indefinite Deliverables/
Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracting vehicles
with various DOT administrations such as the
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Through
the Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts
(GWACs), General Service Administration Federal
Supply Schedules (FSSs), and Blanket Purchase
Agreements (BPAs), agencies have rapid access to
a wide range of services
  • Broad-based engineering, management,
    organizational, information technology, or
    telecommunications consulting services
  • Targeted services within these broad areas
  • Specialized environmental or information security
    services among others

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Our processes, facilities, and systems support
stringent quality and security requirements
Introduction to Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Processes
  • Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
    certification
  • Six Sigma (total quality management)
    certification
  • ISO 9000 certification
  • Systems
  • Document Management System
  • Project Information Management System
  • Business and Accounting Systems

Quality and Security Requirements
  • Facilities
  • Technology Labs
  • Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities
  • Systems Resources Center

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Booz Allen consistently gets top ratings for
technology and strategy consulting in the
government and commercial sectors
Introduction to Booz Allen Hamilton
  • The June 2005 edition of the Vault Guide to the
    Top 25 Consulting Firms lists Booz Allen as 1
    overall in prestige and 4 in management and
    strategy consulting
  • The August 23, 2005 edition of Consulting
    Magazine lists Booz Allen in the 10 Best Firms
    to Work For, with high ratings for career
    development, culture, compensation and benefits,
    and training and development
  • In 2004, Federal Times ranked Booz Allen 1 for
    Program Management/Support Services, 2 for
    Technical Assistance, and 7 for Other
    Professional Services
  • In 2005, Government Executive magazine ranked
    Booz Allen 10 for Technology Contracting, 16
    for Civilian Agency Contracting, and 25 for
    Federal Contracting
  • The May 2005 issue of Consulting Magazine
    included Dennis Doughty and Cesare Mainardi, both
    Vice Presidents at Booz Allen, in the list of the
    Top 25 Most Influential Consultants

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Booz Allens Transportation Business covers all
transportation modes and a wide range of
expertise
Introduction to Booz Allen Hamilton
Highways and Automotive Technology
Freight Transport
Airports and Aviation
Transit
  • Light rail
  • Heavy rail
  • Commuter rail
  • People movers
  • Locomotives/DMUs
  • Trolley buses
  • Bus and automotive technology
  • Freight railways
  • Ports
  • Intermodal facilities
  • Shipping companies
  • Shipyards
  • Strategic planning
  • Acquisition support
  • Privatization andcommercialization
  • Financial and economic analysis
  • Organizational assessments
  • Environmental Impact Assessments
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Maintenance management
  • Transportation planning
  • Organizational studies
  • Financial analysis
  • Traveler information
  • Alternative fuels
  • Highway management
  • Traffic engineering

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Service offerings merge commercial best practices
with deep government, technical, and industry
experience
Introduction to Booz Allen Hamilton
Private Sector (Including Fortune 500)
Public Sector (Governments Institutions,
Regulatory Bodies)
Clients
Technology Consulting
Management Consulting
Focus
  • Corporate and Business Strategy
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Operations Strategy Improvement
  • Partnerships and Joint Ventures
  • Organizational Design
  • Acquisition and Post-Merger Integration
  • Sourcing
  • Supply Chain Management
  • IT Management Consulting
  • Regulatory Frameworks
  • Public-Private Partnerships
  • Communication Technology
  • Computer and Information Systems Security
  • Simulation and Modelling
  • Integrated Logistics
  • Network Design and Engineering
  • System and Network Evaluation
  • Transportation Systems
  • Change Management and Human Performance

Typical Services
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We offer a variety of facilities and resources to
assist our clients
Introduction to Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Hybrid Communications Laboratory (HCL) is a
    world-class research and testing facility that
    hosts full-cycle research, testing, simulation,
    evaluation, and demonstration with an emphasis on
    network infrastructure and application
    technologies.
  • Wireless Technology Laboratories a group of
    centers dedicated to testing, staging, and
    integrating wireless technologies and finding
    innovative solutions
  • Common Criteria Test Laboratory (CCTL), which is
    one of only seven accredited common criteria test
    laboratories to test information security in the
    United States.
  • Center for Network Analytics and Solutions
    (CNAS)Booz Allen hosts CNAS, a world-class
    analysis team and state-of-the-art technology
    resources to meet network design requirements.
    The CNAS includes extensive modeling and
    simulation software capabilities, including
    analytical models and discrete event simulation
    tools, for designing networks and examining their
    costs, performance, and vulnerabilities. 
  • Information Assurance (IA) Laboratory is designed
    to support research and development efforts
    related to network security and IA product
    testing, integration, and demonstration.  
  • Mobile Computing and Wireless System Engineering
    and Integration (SEI) Facility provides the
    latest enabling technologies and engineering to
    support government compliant mobile computing and
    wireless solutions for Booz Allens defense, IT,
    and international clients. It features software
    development and systems integration with Global
    Positioning System (GPS) equipped mobile devices
    as well as active and passive radio frequency
    identification (RFID) systems and satellite
    mobile data communications equipment.

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Contents
  • Introduction to Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Selected Recent Projects

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We are supporting FHWA with development of a
broad-based Dedicated Short Range Communication
System (DSRC) vehicle-to-vehicle and
vehicle-to-infrastructure communication system
Selected Recent Projects
  • Project Description DOT has FCC approval for
    exclusive use of 5.9GHz spectrum for dedicated
    communications between vehicles and roadside
    access points. DSRC equipment and supporting
    infrastructure is being developed as part of
    DOTs Vehicle Integration Infrastructure (VII)
    initiative to support safety, mobility, and
    commercial services to the driver.
  • Our Role
  • Booz Allen is acting as system integrator for VII
  • We are designing the DSRC VII network
    architecture. We will build, test, and integrate
    a proof of concept system as part of the VII
    development test environment in Michigan
  • Teammates include Raytheon, Telcordia, and Iteris

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Booz Allen has developed and implemented security
and risk management architectures for a wide
range of clients
Selected Recent Projects
  • Our security and risk management approach
    integrates people, processes, and technology into
    each of the security layers
  • We have developed secure wired and wireless
    communication networks
  • Security and privacy are critical and are part of
    our System Development Life-Cycle (SDLC)
    methodology

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We are assisting FHWA to develop service concepts
for operations during emergency events, assuming
VII-like communication systems are deployed
Selected Recent Projects
  • Project Description
  • Develop and detail a variety of service
    concepts (or applications) enabled by advanced
    vehicle-to-infrastructure communications that
    offer the potential to enhance transportation
    operations during emergency or non-recurring
    events and incidents.
  • The potential benefits (both in terms of safety
    and efficiency) of applying such technology and
    concepts are substantialand would likely have
    application for major transportation emergencies
    (such as evacuations) and for more routine
    traffic incidents.
  • Our Role
  • Develop a set of preliminary service concepts
  • Develop evaluation criteria to assess the
    concepts
  • Conduct review with stakeholders
  • Refine the service concepts and develop priority
    and roadmap for implementation

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We are assisting FMCSA by evaluating brake
condition sensors for heavy-duty trucks on a
closed course test track
Selected Recent Projects
  • Project Description. The Federal Motor Carrier
    Safety Administration contracted with Booz Allen
    to evaluate commercial and prototype sensor
    packages capable of measuring the condition of
    the brakes and estimating the stopping potential
    of the vehicle in real-time. The truck was
    equipped with 6 sensor packages. Brake problems
    were induced. The truck was subjected to
    controlled braking maneuvers on a test track at
    the Transportation Research Center in East
    Liberty, Ohio.
  • Our Role
  • Develop test plan
  • Identify and procure sensor packages
  • Oversee installation of sensor and testing
    instrumentation
  • Analyze data and determine sensor performance
  • Manage track testing
  • Interfacing with numerous tier 1 auto suppliers

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We are assisting NHTSA with the evaluation of
advanced braking technologies for heavy-duty
trucks
Selected Recent Projects
  • Project Description. NHTSA entered into a
    cooperative agreement with Freightliner to field
    48 tractors and 100 trailers equipped with brake
    by-wire control systems, air disc brakes,
    adaptive cruise control, and stability control
    programs. These tractor-trailers are equipped
    with sophisticated data loggers that record
    information from the engine, vehicle, and braking
    control units and stand alone sensors
    continuously at ten times a second. The vehicles
    are operated by WalMart out of their Loveland,
    CO distribution facility.
  • Our Role
  • Assist with developing the test program
  • Assist with program management
  • Provide independent data analysis
  • Determine maintainability, resistibility,
    compatibility, and safety benefits of advanced
    brake systems
  • Develop a market and/or regulatory based
    deployment program

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We are supporting FTA by providing engineering
support for their bus testing program
Selected Recent Projects
  • Project Description. FTA is required by law to
    evaluate every new bus model purchased with
    Federal funding. The buses are evaluated for
    maintainability, reliability, safety,
    performance, fuel economy, noise, and structural
    durability. Testing is performed on a closed
    course test track in State College, PA (Penn
    State). Previously tested buses that undergo
    major modifications may require additional
    testing to evaluate the change. This program is
    intended to provide transit authorities with
    information to make educated purchasing
    decisions.
  • Our Role
  • Evaluate manufacturers changes to previously
    tested buses
  • Provide FTA with recommendation as to whether
    change is major
  • Recommend partial testing
  • Assist FTA in managing program

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We are assisting FMSCA develop wireless
commercial vehicle safety inspections concepts
Selected Recent Projects
  • Project Description. FMCSA is interested in
    electronically collecting safety related data
    from commercial vehicles and transmitting this
    data wirelessly to road-side inspection stations.
    Vehicles would transmit this data over Dedicated
    Short Range Communications (DSRC) to a road-side
    inspection hot-spot. The technology might be
    leveraged and integrated with emissions
    monitoring regulations being developed by EPA, as
    well as security based applications being
    considered by DHS.
  • Our Role
  • Evaluate technical and operational requirements
  • Develop alternative concepts of operations
  • Develop deployment plan for wireless inspection
    technology including a business and technology
    roadmap for FMCSA

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We are assisting FMSCA with evaluating the
application of commercial Vehicle Event Data
Recorders (EDRs)
Selected Recent Projects
  • Project Description. Commercial airline and rail
    passenger carriers are required to have on-board
    event data recorders, black-boxes. FMCSA is
    interested in EDRs for commercial trucks and
    buses. EDRs would record critical crash data in
    the event of a collision, including vehicle
    speeds, acceleration rates, airbag deployments,
    brake application, and seatbelt use. EDRs could
    also be used to record operational data to aid in
    vehicle maintenance. Booz Allen is assisting
    FMCSA in understanding state-of-the-practice in
    EDRs for commercial trucks and buses and
    developing alternative EDR concepts.
  • Our Role
  • Research the state-of-the-practice in EDRs
  • Develop alternative concepts for EDRs
  • Estimate costs and benefits of concepts

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FMCSA hired Booz Allen to evaluate
cost-effectiveness of lane departure warning
system technology
Selected Recent Projects
  • Project Description. As part of its mission to
    improve motor carrier safety, FMCSA is evaluating
    safety technologies, including lane departure
    warning systems (LDWS). LDWS alert drivers when
    their vehicles travel near or over lane stripes.
    As an alternative to regulation, FMCSA seeks to
    evaluate the viability of LDWS and to facilitate
    broader deployment of promising safety
    technologies through marketing efforts.
  • Our Role
  • Assess LDWS technology, vendors, and market
    penetration
  • Perform cost-effectiveness analysis from the
    perspective of motor carrier fleets, segmented by
    carrier type, fleet size, and other
    characteristics
  • Using cost-effectiveness data, develop deployment
    plan and deployment monitoring plan for FMCSA and
    vendors to use in marketing LDWS to motor
    carriers

Assistware Technologys SafeTRAC lane departure
warning system
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For NHTSA and FMCSA we are evaluating the
integrity and robustness of vehicle data bus
networks to support safety critical applications
Selected Recent Projects
  • Project Description. The SAE J1939 communication
    standard is a control and information data bus
    that supports critical safety related systems on
    heavy-duty tractors, trucks, and trailers.
    Systems that utilize this network include
    engines, transmissions, drive slip control, ABS,
    collision avoidance, and lane guidance systems.
    J1939 is an advanced high-speed network and the
    number of subsystems utilizing this network, both
    safety critical and non-critical systems, will
    increase on commercial vehicles. Therefore J1939
    requires testing of its capacity and performance.
  • Our Role
  • Development of test plan
  • Procurement of equipment for development of test
    bed
  • Test bed build up
  • Performance testing of network
  • Network environmental and capacity testing

J1939 CAN Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulator
Actual Truck Used For Simulator Validation
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We are assessing and evaluating on-board sensors
and systems for tire pressure management and
maintenance, for FMCSA
Selected Recent Projects
  • Project Description. The assessment and
    evaluation of tire pressure monitoring and
    maintenance systems is part of a series of
    subtasks under the Safety Technologies
    Diagnostics and Performance Enhancements Program
    supported by FMCSA. Track testing of the sensor
    systems was performed on a tractor-trailer and a
    motor coach to determine if commercially
    available tire pressure monitoring systems
    improve vehicle performance and safety, increase
    tire life, and reduce maintenance costs.
  • Our Role
  • Research and recommend products for testing
  • Develop plan to test tire pressure sensor systems
  • Obtain test vehicles, install sensor systems, and
    perform testing
  • Analyze test results and perform additional
    testing
  • Prepare benefit-cost estimates
  • Report on results

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Booz Allen Hamilton assisted the Toyota Motor
Group in assessing the market potential of the
Intelligent Multi-mode Transit System (IMTS) in
the US marketplace
Selected Recent Projects
  • Project Description. IMTS uses conventional
    automotive technology, augmented by several
    innovative automated control features (magnetic
    guidance system, radio-based train control
    allowing for tight vehicle platooning and
    driverless operations).
  • Our Role
  • Conducted focused interviews at several major US
    transit agencies and commercial interests.
    Interviews were designed to yield feedback on
    IMTS core technological features and potential
    applicability in US operating environments.
  • Performed preliminary cost analysis, comparing
    IMTS to other modes
  • Identified regulatory and institutional barriers
    that must be overcome in order to successfully
    implement IMTS in US

IMTS is an advanced mass transit system being
developed by a global consortium, led by Sumitomo
Corporation of America, Toyota Motor Corporation,
and Nippon Sharyo
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Booz Allen participated in Georgetown
Universitys fuel cell bus program
Selected Recent Projects
  • Project Description. Design, develop, and test a
    commercially viable methanol fueled 40-foot fuel
    cell-powered transit bus. The project produced
    two vehicles with two different types of fuel
    cell technologies. These hybrid electric buses
    use 100 kW fuel cells as primary energy source
    traction batteries provide surge power and a
    means to recover braking energy by regeneration.
  • Our Role
  • Overall system integration
  • Evaluation of US-produced 40-foot, 12-year
    transit buses to select the bus platform
  • Development and evaluation of performance
    specifications that would be necessary for a fuel
    cell powered transit bus to meet federal
    requirements
  • Development of computer simulation tool that
    evaluated vehicle's performance for traction and
    accessory system component selection
  • Design of heat exchangers and cooling systems for
    fuel cell and reformer systems

Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell
Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell
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For the Delaware Valley Regional Planning
Commission (DVRPC), we are supporting the
development of a Regional Integrated Multi-Modal
Information Sharing System (RIMIS)
Selected Recent Projects
  • Project Description. RIMIS will support the
    effective management of daily operations of the
    highway and rail passenger transportation system
    in the Delaware Valley through improved
    interagency communications and real-time
    information sharing. It is also intended to
    support better management of planned and
    unplanned events and incidents through more
    efficient communication and resource sharing.
  • Our Role
  • As system manager, developed system concept of
    operations
  • Worked with local, state and regional
    transportation management and operations
    agenciesstakeholders that represent key
    publishers and subscribers of information on the
    VII network
  • Developing requirements document. Assisting with
    development of a system RFP, reviewing vendor
    responses with client, facilitating contact and
    meeting with vendors

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Booz Allen has done work for numerous OEMs and
tier 1 suppliers, including business consulting
and technology assessments
Selected Recent Projects
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We area assisting DoD to incorporate RFID
technologies into its logistics supply chain
Selected Recent Projects
  • Project Description. Defense Medical Logistics
    Standard Support (DMLSS) Program to test,
    simulate, evaluate, and analyze RFID technologies
    in DMLSS operating environment.
  • Our Role
  • Process workflow analysis Document and
    benchmark current logistics processes and define
    and simulated new logistics process supported by
    RFID automation
  • RFID vendor analysis and lab-prototype
    implementation Evaluate RFID hardware and
    middleware options, develop lab prototype
    applications, create system design and integrate
    RFID hardware, middleware, Electronic Product
    Code (EPC)-network, and lab prototype
    application. Install at Kelly Air Force base.
  • Develop RFID business requirements definition to
    assist in integrating transitioning DMLSS from
    legacy logistical application

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In Summary, we offer the experience, knowledge,
and resources to provide a wide range of services
and capabilities relevant to transportation
improvement
Selected Recent Projects
  • Technology development, assessment, and
    deployment
  • Transportation operations
  • System integration
  • Vehicle Technology
  • Program management
  • Acquisition/procurement support
  • Communications, Networks
  • Financial/economic analysis and planning
  • IT
  • ITS
  • Modeling and simulation
  • Public outreach
  • Change/process management
  • Quality assurance and IVV
  • Revenue systems
  • Safety
  • Security
  • Strategy, policy, and planning
  • Logistics and supply chain management
  • Operations/asset management
  • Organizational development/transformation
  • Performance/process improvement
  • Grants management

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To reach us
  • Joyce Wenger
  • 703-377-5326
  • wenger_joyce_at_bah.com
  • Bob Kreeb
  • 703-917-2225
  • kreeb_bob_at_bah.com
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