Today eBusiness is more than just sticking a “dot com” at the end of an internet address.  It all started with the wild idea of selling ‘things’ on the internet so people can shop in the privacy of their own home, known as ecommerce.  Ecommerce is the business to consumer buying and selling using electronic payment through digital communication. Shortly after, business to business ecommerce emerged enabling DCMA to better support customers, contractors and suppliers.  Business to business communication is conducted differently and a little more complex, but the process is made possible with the efforts of DCMA eBusiness.   Now, DCMA eBusiness allows the agency to link their internal and external databases more efficiently and flexibly.  DCMA builds and maintains an infrastructure for electronic data interchange and develops applications to support paperless contracting.  But why?  To help customers, contractors, and suppliers save time and money everyday!

The Mechanization of Contract Administration Services (MOCAS) system has long been a part of government contracting. Created over 50 years ago, MOCAS has a long and varied history. A system used by DCMA and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) to administer and pay contracts issued to defense contractors, it’s very doubtful that MOCAS’ originators ever envisioned that their work would still be in operational use more than half a century later. ...more