 Development and Integration efforts began in September 2003 when DoD awarded Northrop Grumman a $281 million contract.In September 2005, An Office of the Secretary of Defense review of the program found the validated the objectives of the program and found the DIMHRS system to be a viable solution to meet these objectives with additional development and supported by a restructuring of the program acquisition.In October 2005, the DoD's newly formed Business Transformation Agency acquired responsibility for DIMHRS as well as 17 other DoD business system programs.