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An Accenture subsidiary has received a potential 16-month, $7.8 million contract from the Defense Health Agency to develop, test and field a joint platform designed to support the credentialing process for health care providers between the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. ASM Research will build a tool based on DoD’s Credentials Quality Assurance System […] More
OpenGov has introduced a technology platform designed to help government users to prepare annual budget plans and spending reports each fiscal year. The company said Wednesday its Budget Builder platform will work to help departmental budget teams submit proposals and supporting data as well as allow managers to review the proposals through a central online system. Agencies can also implement the platform to create interactive […] More
A Unisys-sponsored survey has found that 69 percent of federal, state and local government respondents have started or are interested to adopt digital government programs while 31 percent are skeptical of the programs’ benefits. Unisys said Thursday 57 and 35 percent of respondents respectively rated themselves as “very concerned” and “somewhat concerned” over digital government’s potential security risks, while 47 and 41 percent claimed to […] More
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Property Drone Consortium in an effort to advance understanding on unmanned aerial system applications for public safety missions. PDC said Tuesday the agreement will utilize the knowledge and resources of PDC, the DHS S&T First Responders Group and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. […] More
The Defense Department has approved an electronic health information exchange between Fort Drum’s medical department activity and community healthcare providers in New York. Under the initiative, Fort Drum MEDDAC has integrated the medical electronic records of soldiers and their families into HealtheConnections‘ data exchange system, the Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization said Wednesday. The partnership aims to prevent duplicate medical procedures and […] More
NASA has awarded Charles River Analytics a two-year, $750,000 follow-on contract to develop a system for the space agency to measure and evaluate astronaut workload. The company said Monday it will collaborate with Massachusetts General Hospital and Brown University to build the Cognitive Assessment and Prediction to Promote Individualized Capability Augmentation and Reduce Decrement system for NASA. Bethany Bracken, a Charles River […] More
The Department of the Air Force has posted a request for information in search of industry feedback and comment on the service branch’s plan to replace its current UH-1N Huey fleet with an off-the-shelf helicopter. A FedBizOpps notice issued Friday says the Air Force intends to procure up to 84 new helicopters of the same configuration as the […] More
The Energy Department has awarded Rochester, Minnesota-based consortium Broker Exchange Network $700,000 in funds to help launch an online marketplace startup intended for companies in the solar industry. Broker Exchange Network will use the funds to further develop the EnergyBin site in an effort to facilitate the sale and procurement of solar components and replacement parts for commercial and residential […] More
Lockheed Martin has designated Derco Repair Services as an authorized F-16 repair center under the Lockheed Hologram certified parts program in a move to expand the defense contractor’s global supply chain services for F-16 operators. Lockheed grants the Hologram designation to repair and overhaul facilities that pass its quality assurance requirements, the company said Wednesday. Derco will join two other […] More
OSIsoft has partnered with Carahsoft to offer public sector organizations the former’s sensor-based data capturing and integration software through the latter’s contracts under the General Services Administration‘s Schedule 70 and NASA‘s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V. The partnership also seeks to identify new methods to help customer agencies achieve their missions with OSISoft’s PI System, the company said Wednesday. Steven Sarnecki, vice president of the U.S. federal and public sector […] More
Draper will work to develop an implantable device to help give a sense of feeling and proprioception to patients that use prosthetic limbs under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-funded program. Draper said Tuesday the University of Texas-Southwestern has conducted tests on the Hand Proprioception and Touch Interfaces program that involved electrode component in animal studies that will proceed to human-based […] More
Avnet has added information management and protection software products of Commvault to the former’s General Services Administration schedule contract. Avnet said Wednesday agencies can purchase Commvault’s data backup and recovery, cloud and infrastructure management platforms and services via the governmentwide procurement vehicle for information technology offerings. Pete Rzonca, president of Avnet’s government solutions business, said the company and its partners will offer Commvault-made technologies […] More
