The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking information on cloud hosting options to migrate and field services in a bid to support public health emergency response activities.
Gary Newgaard, vice president of public sector at Pure Storage, wrote in an article published Tuesday on FedTech Magazine how artificial intelligence and big data could help government agencies carry out their missions by gleaning insights from large data volumes. Â
Verlon Johnson, former vice president of health care policy and program management at IBM Watson Health's government health and human services business, has been appointed senior VP of corporate strategy at CNSI. “Her experience and expertise will help us shape our strategy, products, and solutions to meet our clients’ current and future needs," said Todd Stottlemyer, CEO of CNSI and previous Wash100 Award recipient.
ICF has booked three contracts worth $31M combined from the Department of Health and Human Services to support early childhood assistance programs under HHS' Administration for Children and Families.
Jose Arrieta, former chief information officer at the Department of Health and Human Services, said the use of a cloud platform from Oracle has helped HHS enhance tracking of clinical trials of potential vaccines for COVID-19, FedScoop reported Wednesday.
ICF has secured a position on a potential three-year, $49M blanket purchase agreement to provide information technology services to a biomedical library under the National Institutes of Health.
The departments of Defense and Health and Human Services have awarded On Demand Pharmaceuticals a $20M contract to develop a ‘pharmacy on demand’ system for manufacturing drug product components. The company will use the funds to mature its technology as the government looks to increase domestic production of active pharmaceutical ingredients.
Maximus has launched Maximus Public Health (MPH) to provide resources to help remediate COVID-19 and other public health threats for government agencies. To support the new division, Maximus has added five additional public health professionals to establish the MPH mission and structure. MPH will collaborate with academic partners, conduct research and expand partnerships with public health agencies.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has selected Everbridge’s Mass Notification solution to support the agency’s internal Continuity of Operations (COOP), Devolution, Pandemic, Reconstitution Plans and emergency management efforts, the company reported on Monday. Everbridge has recently renewed its Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Agency Authorization, enabling the company to provide security and risk management for cloud products and services.Â
DLH Holdings will continue to help a Department of Health and Human Services agency evaluate grant funding recipients that provide services to children nationwide under a potential $150M contract renewal with an eight-month base period and four one-year options.