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By Light to Continue VA Identity, Access Mgmt Support; Bob Donahue Quoted
By Light Professional IT Services will provide a range of enterprise services for the identity and access management program at the Department of Veterans Affairs under a five-year task order worth more than $100M. "We will continue to leverage our Agile software development capability – combined with our cyber security expertise, to ensure that our nation’s veterans have secure access to health and benefits," Bob Donahue, founder and CEO of By Light, said in a statement released Tuesday.
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ACT-IAC Announces Igniting Innovation Conference and Awards Winners
The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council has unveiled the winners of the Igniting Innovation 2019 Conference and Awards. ACT-IAC said Wednesday conference attendees selected Leidos as the overall winner for its "Lifesaving CT Opioid Detection" platform, which is designed to help address the country’s opioid crisis by intercepting narcotics and other substances in parcels and cargo.
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Oddball Receives $78M VA Contract for IT Platform Support Services
Oddball has received a three-year, $78M contract to provide a variety of information technology services to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The company said Friday it will manage products and deliveries, develop software, conduct user research and operate platforms under the Veteran-facing Services Platform program.
VA Seeks Contractor to Build Telecom Expense Mgmt Platform
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to issue a contract for the development of a technology platform intended to manage accounting functions and update telecommunication services at the VA.
VA OKs Vbrick-Made Video Software for Agency Use
The Department of Veterans Affairs has verified the compliance of Vbrick Systems' video management platform with VA's technical reference model. The company said Tuesday its Vbrick Rev platform has passed the TRM software evaluation process, verifying the software's approval for use in the VA environment.
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Accenture Subsidiary Awarded $61M Contract Extension for VA Info Security Program
A subsidiary of Accenture's federal services arm has received a $61.1M task order to continue support services for the Department of Veterans Affairs' Continuous Readiness in Information Security Program, FedHealthIT reported Monday.
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Samsung, MIT, VA Host Three-Day Healthcare IT Hackathon
Samsung Electronics America, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology jointly hosted a three-day hackathon that challenged participants to create healthcare information technology applications.
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VA Seeks Info on Contract Transition Support for IT Services
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking market information on transition support for enterprise infrastructure services. The future contractor would help VA's office of information and technology transition voice data, co-located hosting services, Washington interagency telecommunications systems and regional local service agreement contracts into a single vehicle, VA said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice.
Click here to register for the Potomac Officers Club's 2019 6th Annual Cybersecurity Summit on May 8.
GE Healthcare, VA Seek to Address Veterans’ Medical Needs Through 3D Printing Tech
General Electric’s health care business and the Department of Veterans Affairs have signed a research agreement to accelerate the use of 3D printing technology to help meet the medical needs of military personnel and retirees, 3DPrint reported Thursday.