URS Corp. has won a task order to provide technical support services to the Social Security Administration, URS announced Thursday. URS said it received the order as the primary subcontractor to Evolver Inc. under a seven-year contract. URS said it will maintain the SSA’s information technology help-desk environment, web tools and local area network. URS will also provide [...]
Lockheed Martin was chosen by the Social Security Administration to prime the Disability Case Processing System contract, which is an IT modernization program committed to improving the quality and speed of processing disability claims. The contract is an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity and carries a one-year base period with five one-year options. The deal has [...]
The Social Security Administration has awarded CSC a $2.8 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for IT support, the company announced today. The contract calls for CSC to upgrade and modernize SSA’s systems architecture, software and administration. The terms of the contract stipulate a one-year base period with the option for six one-year renewals. “CSC has the mission-critical [...]
The Wall Street Journal has awarded its 2010 “Innovation Award” to CONNECT, an electronic health-record-sharing software developed by Harris Corporation. The aim of the software is to efficiently exchange patient information, reducing administration to improve patient care. The newspaper lauded CONNECT for being open source, easily adoptable by health care providers, and safely managing privacy [...]
The Social Security Administration has chosen Lockheed Martin to provide systems modernization and other technology support over a seven-year period. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract is worth up to $2.8 billion. More specifically, Lockheed Martin will provide design, development, testing and administration services. Lockheed Martin recently worked with SSA to develop a successful pilot [...]
Call it serendipity. It was Fall 2008, and Melissa Chapman was attending a healthcare IT conference. Featured was a new technology that allowed a diverse set of healthcare organizations — including the VA, Social Security Administration, MedVirginia and the Indian Health Service — to securely share vital health information on-demand. Chapman was thrilled. The Federal [...]
