December 30, 2010 – Gail M. Urso, KMS Solutions CEO, has signed an agreement to establish an endowment that will provide scholarships to undergraduate students in the College of Business and Economics at the University of Idaho.  Bob Urso, KMS’s founding President  & COO, graduated from the College in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.

The scholarship is available to deserving full-time undergraduate College of Business and Economics students at the University of Idaho who demonstrate academic achievement, financial need, and other factors such as involvement and/or leadership in community activities.

November 29, 2010 - KMS Solutions presented its Analysis, Human Capital Development, and Training Solutions to international military and industry representatives as an exhibitor at the Inter-service/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference held in Orlando Florida.

November 1, 2010 – KMS Solutions has opened a new field office at 6767 North Wickham Road, Melbourne, Florida.  The focus of this new office is to support the needs of DoD in central Florida to include the systems engineering, analysis, and human capital development requirements of Patrick Air Force Base and its tenant activities.  Bob Urso, KMS Chief Operating Officer, noted “This is a strategic move for us.  When we looked at our portfolio of capabilities and where the markets are, we realized that there is a genuine need in central Florida that KMS can fill.”

September 8, 2010 - The Department of State, National Foreign Affairs Training Center, Foreign Affairs Institute has competitively awarded KMS a multiple award ID/IQ prime contract to provide Civil Service and Foreign Service Specialist Team Building solicitation at the United States Department of State, Foreign Service Institute.

Bob Urso, President & COO, said "The award of this contract is a cornerstone building block in the KMS human capital development vertical strategy.  Federal client team building is a core competency of the company and we are very pleased to add the State Department as a valued KMS client."

September 1, 2010 - KMS is pleased to announce that it has received the exercise of its first option year for its contract supporting the Joint Military Intelligence Training Center (JMITC) at Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C.

Under the contract, KMS provides classroom instructors (faculty), curriculum developers (instructional systems design personnel), and education specialists (training data support) in support of the JMITC intelligence analysis, acculturation, and deployment training for operational- and strategic-level intelligence analysts.

April 22, 2010 - KMS Solutions presented its Analysis, Human Capital Development, and Training Solutions to military and industry representatives as an exhibitor at the AFCEA Spring Intelligence Symposium held at the Defense Intelligence Analysis Center, Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C.

April 16, 2010 - KMS is pleased to announce that its Analysis & Training Division has been awarded a 5-year prime contractor task order under its US Navy SeaPort-e contract to provide all staffing, equipment, and materials necessary to develop and deliver courses of instruction for Joint Staff Action Officers, Division Chiefs, and Flag & General Officers.

The total value of the task order is $4.6M with initial funding in the base year of $840K.

Gail Urso, KMS CEO, said "We are very pleased to receive this award.  It demonstrates KMS's successful execution of a strategic commitment to federal Human Capital Development and expands our Joint training footprint in the National Capital Region."

March 29, 2010 - Tom Fish has joined KMS Solutions as Director of its Analysis & Training Division.  Prior to KMS, Mr. Fish was Manager of Business Development for Parsons in the Intelligence, National Security, and Law Enforcement communities.  He is a graduate of the US Military Academy and served as a career Foreign Area Officer in the United States Army with his last assignment at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).  He can be reached at tefish@kmssol.com, 703-823-8405 x115.

March 8, 2010 - KMS is continuing expansion of its Human Capital Development vertical with award of a contract to provide Human Resource management analysts in support of the combating terrorism mission at the Defense Intelligence Analysis Center, Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C.

February 1, 2010 - Robert LaChapelle has joined KMS as its Manager of Northeast Operations and Program Manager  of its SeaPort-e ID/IQ prime contract.  Mr. LaChapelle brings over 30 years of defense professional services training and program management experience to the KMS team.  His office is in the firms Wakefield, Rhode Island office and he can be reached at rjlachapelle@kmssol.com, 401-782-2700 x106.

December 6, 2009 - KMS announced today that Option Year 2 of its 5-year subcontract under the Global Linguist Solutions (GLS) services contract supporting the US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) has been exercised.  Under the terms of the contract KMS provides forward deployed US citizen linguists in support of US contingency operations.

October 1, 2009 - As a component of the overall KMS strategy, the company announced today that Robert Turner has joined the firm as its Director of Strategic Business Development.  Mr. Turner has over 20 years of experience in the defense professional services and information technology industries.  Most recently he was Director of Business Development at CALNET.  He is located in the KMS Alexandria, Virginia office and can be reached at rwturner@kmssol.com, 703-823-8405 x117.

September 1, 2009 - KMS is pleased to announce that it has received a follow-on 5-year contract to its contract supporting the Joint Military Intelligence Training Center (JMITC) at Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C.  KMS is a subcontractor to BAH.  The contract is the Defense Intelligence Agencies Solutions for Intelligence Training (SIT).

Bob Urso, President & COO, said "This is a core competency for the company.  There is no better vote of client confidence than award of a follow-on contract and we appreciate the confidence that this represents."

Under the contract, KMS provides classroom instructors (faculty), curriculum developers (instructional systems design personnel), and education specialists (training data support) in support of the JMITC intelligence analysis, acculturation, and deployment training for operational- and strategic-level intelligence analysts.  The potential value of the contract over the 5-year period of performance is $13.8M.

August 19, 2009 - KMS Government Services Sector is pleased to announce that it has recently been awarded a contract to provide senior subject matter expertise in support of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and its engineering and technical requirements for the oversight, analysis, evaluation, maintenance, and review of submarine C4ISR systems modernization scheduling and management.

August 3, 2009 - The KMS Public Consulting Sector is pleased to announce that is has received a task order from the Kentia Management Group to provide cost estimating subject matter expertise (SME's) for support to the Potomac Institute.  Under the terms of the task order, KMS SME's participate as members of a Senior Review and Research Group analyzing Government strategies and plans for technology upgrades and compare them to relevant Government and industry standards, approaches, and processes for program plans of similar scope and complexity.

May 14, 2009 - KMS Government Services Sector is pleased to announce that it has received the exercise of its first option year of its contract to provide analytical support to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff J1 Personnel Readiness Division.

Under the terms of the contract KMS is providing support staff at the Pentagon in the areas of global force tracking management, requirements analysis, personnel accountability in conjunction with natural or manmade disasters, process documentation, and training development.

May 6, 2009 - KMS was pleased to hold its 2009 annual meeting at its new Wakefield, Rhode Island office coincident with a formal ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the office opening. In addition to employees, also in attendance were invited friends, family, and Rhode Island State Representative Donna Walsh.

March 3, 2009 - KMS announces today the Michele Wood has joined the firm as Vice President of Finance and Accounting. Ms. Wood is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) who, prior to joining KMS, served as Vice President of Finance & Administration for $75 million Paragon Gifts Holdings in Rhode Island. Ms. Wood will lead KMS's Finance & Accounting staff resident in the firms Wakefield, Rhode Island office. Her 20+ years of experience includes work as audit manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).

Ms. Wood has a B.S. in Accounting form the University of Rhode Island. She also served as a Captain in the US Army Reserve.

January 5, 2009 - With the New Year KMS has launched a new teambuilding, leadership and followership line of seminars designed to facilitate groups improving the level of teamwork in the workplace. This new line builds on the DiSC® Personality Style and Behavior Model.

With the launch of the new line which explores personality styles, generational differences, and reinforces those individual and team insights with practical exercises; KMS has already booked its first 20 seminars supporting an intelligence agency in the National Capital Region. Gail Urso, KMS CEO, said "Our instructors and facilitators are each individually certified through a rigorous DiSC®-based training program. What helps make KMS unique in this field is that many of our facilitators have department of defense security clearances, so, at least in the federal space, we're able to go where other firms can't."

This new teambuilding and leadership competency supplements KMS's more traditional Human Capital Development efforts such as its instructor, registrar, and staff support work at the Joint Military Intelligence Training Center.

December 12, 2008 - Today, KMS is pleased to announce that, spurred largely by growth on its Global Linguist Solutions (GLS) linguist services contract; KMS reached the significant milestone of hiring its 100th employee.

December 6, 2008 - KMS Government Services Sector announced today that Option Year 1 of its 5 year subcontract under the Global Linguist Solutions (GLS) linguist services contract supporting the US Army Intelligence and Security Command (USAINSCOM) has been exercised. Under the terms of the contract KMS provides forwarded deployed US citizen linguists in support of US contingency operations.

October 1, 2008 - KMS Government Services Sector is pleased to announce that it has received the exercise of its second option year under its contract to support the Joint Military Intelligence Training Center (JMITC) at Bolling AFB, Washington D.C.

Under the contract, KMS provides classroom instructors (faculty), curriculum developers (instructional systems design personnel), and education specialists (training data support) in support of the JMITC new hire acculturation, intelligence campaign planning, intelligence analysis and intelligence information systems training for operational- and strategic-level intelligence analysts and support personnel.

May 14, 2008 - KMS Government Services Sector is pleased to announce that it was selected as the prime contractor to provide Individual Augmentee support services to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff J1 Personnel Readiness Division. Under the terms of the contract KMS is providng support staff at the Pentagon in the areas of management support, global force tracking management, requirements analysis, personnel accountability in conjunction with natural or manmade disasters, process documentation, and training development. The period of performance for the contract is 5 years with all options exercised. Gail Urso, CEO stated, "This award expands both our footprint supporting the Pentagon as well as our client base into a new area of importance".

April 24, 2008 -Today, KMS started work on a contract that it was awarded in January to provide the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Directorate for Analysis HQ with website design, content development, and maintenance services under a 4-year, FFP LOE subcontract. Services include: applying leading edge technologies & software to create briefings that present complex issues in clear and understandable layouts and graphics; as well as ensuring the design and layout of all reports, documents, briefings, and publications are easily retrievable from the DIA websites.

April 1, 2008 - KMS Government Services Sector is pleased to announce that it has received an initial purchase order from Global Linguist Solutions (GLS) to provide deployment logistics support for its US Army Intelligence & Security Command (USAINSCOM) linguists support contract.

As a bid subcontractor to GLS under the option year contract, which has a 5-year performance period (base+4) with all options exercised, KMS can expect to staff as many as 150 positions on the contract.

The KMS manager for the Program is Ray Ross. Mr. Ross is a veteran of the United States Army and a former senior executive with L-3 Communications. Gail Urso, KMS CEO stated, "We're very excited to have this opportunity to partner with GLS. I'm also very pleased that we are fortunate enough to have a quality executive like Ray Ross to lead these KMS efforts."