A Bloomberg Government study has found that U.S. government spending on multiple-award contracts (MACs) grew twice as fast as total contract spending between 2006 and 2010, with MAC spending increasing 49 percent to $121 billion over the period. “Multiple-award contracts are starting to become the center of the universe,” Jaime Garcia, president of Washington-based Seville Government Consulting told [...]
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded CenturyLink‘s subsidiary Qwest Government Services a $2.1 million contract to provide information technology services, the Washington Post reported today. IT services will include telecommunications work. The Post did not release any more contract information.
The TRICARE Management Activity is looking to develop a joint electronic pharmacy system for federal departments including Defense and Veterans Affairs. The activity recently issued a request for information to help its search for a single solution capable of tracking prescription and medication orders, as well as identifying possible drug interactions. TRICARE manages the Military Health Systems‘ information technology [...]
Harris Corp. has won a task order with the Department of Veterans Affairs to help develop new mental health modules for VA’s My HealtheVet portal and help track medication and treatment for patients suffering from mental health disorders. The task order has a $4.5 million ceiling and was awarded under the three-year My Recovery Plan blanket [...]
Irving Burton Associates Inc. recently announced it was a subcontractor to Creative Computing Solutions to deliver technology and program support services to the Veterans Affairs Department. The $12 billion contract is under the Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology program. The five-year multiple award will cover information technology and telecommunications services, program management, strategy planning, cybersecurity, training, [...]
This past year, W. Scott Gould has taken his new post as deputy secretary of the Department of Veteran Affairs in stride. Luckily, Gould has ample experience to prepare him for this position. He is a U.S. Navy veteran and served as co-chair of the National Veterans Policy Team, Obama for America, and the Veterans [...]
The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs held a hearing today to assess VA’s steps towards financial stability after the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations determined that the department had inadequate control over its financial management systems in 2008. Since their findings in 2008, the U.S. Government Accountability Office reported that VA’s improper payments, waste, and [...]
