On September 4, 2001, Robert S. Mueller, III became the 6th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, one week into his term, he became responsible for spearheading what is perhaps the most extensive reorganization the FBI has experienced since its conception. By May 2002, he articulated ten top FBI priorities: protecting the U.S. from terrorist attacks, from foreign intelligence operations, and from cyber-based attacks and high-technology crimes; combating public corruption at all levels; protecting civil rights; combating international and national organized crime, major white-collar crime, and significant violent crime; supporting our law enforcement and intelligence partners; and upgrading FBI technology. "While we remain committed to our other important national security and law enforcement responsibilities, the prevention of terrorism takes precedence in our thinking and planning; in our hiring and staffing; in our training and technologies; and, most importantly, in our investigations," Director Mueller has said.

In late 2002 the FBI started conducting a nationwide search for a firm to partner with to create a data warehouse for counterterrorism efforts and criminal investigations that will be integrated into a larger enterprise architecture initiative. This national search resulted with the FBI’s selection of EWSolutions in 2003 as a key IT partner in the fight against terrorism and criminal activities. EWSolutions is leading the design, architecture, and implementation of the Investigative Data Warehouse (IDW 2.0). IDW 2.0 utilizes leading edge, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies for data warehousing / business intelligence and data mining to support the FBI’s counter-terrorism, counter-intelligence, cyber crimes, and serial crimes investigations. The objective is to automate, improve, and expedite the method of handling investigative data, which has primarily relied on manual processes to date. These manual processes are slow, inefficient, prone to error, and do not provide investigators with the “big picture” view that is required to readily understand how various activities of interest may be interrelated. IDW 2.0 will enable ready access to and sharing of information across the FBI, with other federal agencies, and with state and local law enforcement. EWSolutions also developed a Business Intelligence (BI) tool evaluation matrix utilized by the FBI Enterprise.

Over the past year the partnership between the FBI and EWSolutions has spawned a massive change in the manner in which the FBI manages their information and their IT development. This tremendous success has resulted in the FBI’s request to have EWSolutions manage all of the FBI’s counterterrorism data warehousing efforts and developing/implementing the FBI’s enterprise architecture across all of these initiatives.

Client Testimonial

EWSolutions’ contributions to the FBI are quite significant. In fact, Jeff Scudder, FBI’s Unit Chief discussed EWSolutions’ achievements with Crain’s Chicago Business.

Any Counterterrorism successes so far are classified. But, says FBI project manager Jeff Scudder, “Let’s say management has been very, very happy with what’s been accomplished and excited about what we can do with it in the future.”

**Crain’s Chicago Business, November 1, 2004**

Data Warehousing Awards and Recognition:

• 2005 DM Review "World Class Solution Award"
• Chicago Tribune – "Area Firm Helps FBI Computers Share Data"
• EWSolutions' Employee Honored With Prestigious FBI Award"
• Doings Newspaper – "Hinsdale Firm is Proof That Big Things Come in Small Packages"

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