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  • VA, Flow Health Partner to Build Medical Knowledge Graph for AI Training - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA, Flow Health Partner to Build Medical Knowledge Graph for AI Training

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has forged a five-year alliance with Flow Health to develop a medical knowledge graph that will incorporate deep learning to aid medical decision-making and train artificial intelligence systems on how to personalize care plans. The VA-Flow Health partnership aims to understand common elements that impact a person’s susceptibility to diseases as well as […] More

  • Octo Consulting to Help Modernize Army's Electronic Medical Records System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Octo Consulting to Help Modernize Army’s Electronic Medical Records System

    Octo Consulting Group has secured a potential three-year, $5 million contract from the U.S. Army‘s medical communications for combat casualty care product management office to support the service branch’s military health records system modernization project. The company said Thursday it will develop a medical information system for the Army to manage electronic medical records of service […] More

  • Dominion Consulting to Help VA Adopt USDA's Financial Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dominion Consulting to Help VA Adopt USDA’s Financial Mgmt Platform

    Dominion Consulting has received a contract of an undisclosed value to support the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ migration to the Agriculture Department‘s financial management platform, AlexandriaNews reported Thursday. The report said the contract covers independent validation and verification services intended to help VA replace its current mainframe legacy financial system with the CGI-built Momentum platform. The General Services Administration and the Office […] More

  • NCR to Provide Self-Service Outreach Kiosks for New York, Los Angeles Veteran's Day Parades - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NCR to Provide Self-Service Outreach Kiosks for New York, Los Angeles Veteran’s Day Parades

    NCR will supply four self-service kiosks for the New York and Los Angeles Veteran’s Day Parades committees to help assist veterans and individuals during the event. The company said Monday its Veterans Kiosks are designed to utilize a coordinated network of organizations to connect and refer veterans, service members and military families to services, resources and […] More

  • CSRA Lands $73M Contract to Manage VA Cloud Computing Services; Paul Nedzbala Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Lands $73M Contract to Manage VA Cloud Computing Services; Paul Nedzbala Comments

    CSRA has been awarded a four-year, $73 million contract to handle enterprise cloud computing services for the Department of Veterans Affairs in a move to help facilitate veteran health benefits and service delivery programs. The company will identify, consolidate and manage cloud computing services across several vendors and internal VA offerings under the Enterprise Cloud Services […] More

  • NIKA to Design New Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic; Kabir Chaudhary Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIKA to Design New Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic; Kabir Chaudhary Comments

    Architecture and engineering firm NIKA has been awarded a $1 million contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs to design a new outpatient clinic in Riverview, Florida for the VA. Hokanson Companies will lead the project scheduled for completion by 2018 and Doster Construction Company will be responsible for construction aspects for the 50,000-square-foot South Hillsborough outpatient […] More

  • Knowesis Chosen for Veterans Affairs Video Production Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Knowesis Chosen for Veterans Affairs Video Production Support Contract

    Knowesis has received a contract for video production services in support of the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ Voluntary Service program that seeks to promote education, awareness, recruitment and retention initiatives. The company said Wednesday it will work to deliver engagement pieces, public services announcements and other presentation media aimed at veterans and legal-aged citizens. The veteran-owned small business […] More

  • Red Hat Symposium to Focus on Government IT Modernization; Paul Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat Symposium to Focus on Government IT Modernization; Paul Smith Comments

    Red Hat will hold its annual symposium Nov. 2 in Arlington, Virginia to highlight the role of open source technology in digital transformation efforts across the government sector. The company said Wednesday it expects the 2016 Red Hat Government Symposium to draw more than 650 government and industry professionals to help address information technology challenges that public sector agencies face. Paul Smith, senior vice president and […] More

  • Windstream Offers Network Comms Support to 300 VA Facilities Under Services Consolidation Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Windstream Offers Network Comms Support to 300 VA Facilities Under Services Consolidation Contract

    Windstream has provided network communications services to approximately 300 Department of Veterans Affairs offices across the U.S. within the initial year of the company’s selection for a potential five-year, $450 million contract with VA. The company is one of the three contractors that won positions in August 2015 on the National Consolidation of Local Exchange […] More

  • Personalis Lands VA Task Order for Veteran DNA Sequencing, Data Analysis Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Personalis Lands VA Task Order for Veteran DNA Sequencing, Data Analysis Services

    Personalis has received an additional task order from the Department of Veterans Affairs to perform whole genome sequencing and bioinformatics analysis services as part of VA’s program to study how genetic variations can affect the health of former service members. The company said Thursday it will use its algorithms and computing infrastructure at the firm’s laboratory in Menlo […] More

  • SSM Health, DoD Enter Electronic Patient Record Exchange Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SSM Health, DoD Enter Electronic Patient Record Exchange Agreement

    The Defense Department and nonprofit health system SSM Health have partnered to exchange electronic health records of DoD’s active-duty service members, civilian employees, retirees and dependents. The partnership authorizes SSM Health-affiliated care providers in Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma to access patient records of DoD employees, dependents and retirees while the department can also access SSM Health’s records, the nonprofit said Wednesday. Richard Vaughn, […] More

  • DHA Taps Accenture Subsidiary to Build Health Provider Credentialing Tool for DoD, VA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHA Taps Accenture Subsidiary to Build Health Provider Credentialing Tool for DoD, VA

    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