Business process transformation company Suntiva has secured 16 awards worth approximately $36M to provide services in support of various Department of Health and Human Services components.
Read More »Army Taps Controlant Global to Monitor ‘Cold Chain’ Delivery of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
The U.S. Army has awarded Iceland-based pharmaceutical logistics company Controlant Global a potential one-year, $25M contract to monitor the global delivery of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine that requires storage in extremely low temperatures.
Read More »3D Systems to Back VHA’s Health Care Additive Manufacturing Effort
The Veterans Health Administration has tasked 3D Systems to help the government stand up additive manufacturing facilities at hospitals, where personnel would produce 3D-printed medical equipment. The company said Thursday it will deliver ProX SLS 6100 3D printers and related materials to establish the planned facilities and a corresponding quality management system for VHA.
Read More »Forrester’s Andras Cser: Data Protection Drives Cloud Access Security Broker Adoption in Public Sector
More government agencies have increased their use of cloud access security brokers, which offer an added protection layer between end users and providers, in an effort to help federal employees protect data while working remotely, FedTech Magazine reported Thursday.
Read More »Brad Tousley: Raytheon to Adapt Cybersecurity Tool for COVID-19 Testing
A Raytheon Technologies subsidiary is developing a novel coronavirus detection kit through the use of a tool originally designed to detect malicious threats in network traffic.
Read More »Melissa Fannin Takes SVP Role at CNSI; Todd Stottlemyer Quoted
CNSI announced on Thursday that Melissa Fannin has joined the company as the senior vice president of Federal Business Development.
Read More »FDA Taps Four Firms for Drug Supply Chain Tracking Initiative
The Food and Drug Administration has chosen IBM, Merck, KPMG and Walmart for an initiative that seeks to address standards in the validation and tracking of vaccines and prescription medicines in the U.S.
Read More »Data Foundation-Booz Allen Report Looks at Seven Federal Blockchain Projects
A new report by Data Foundation and Booz Allen Hamilton reviewed seven federal blockchain projects and identified five factors program administrators and policymakers should consider before implementing blockchain initiatives.
Read More »Former VA, FDA Program Manager Bryant Headley Appointed MasterControl Gov’t Customer Success Exec
Bryant Headley, a former program manager at the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs, has joined MasterControl as head of sales and customer success initiatives for the government sector.
Read More »ElectroCore to Distribute Cluster Headache Prevention Tool Under Federal Supply Contract
ElectroCore, a provider of bioelectronic medicine, has received a five-year contract to distribute a hand-held medical therapy product across the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Bureau of Prisons, Indian Health Services and Public Health Services. The company said Wednesday it will provide its gammaCore technology to more than …
Read More »Mitre Names Robert Work to Visiting Fellows Program; Bill LaPlante Quoted
Robert Work, former deputy secretary at the Defense Department, has joined Mitre’s Visiting Fellows Program to offer advice on critical national issues. Bill LaPlante, senior vice president for Mitre’s national security sector, said in a statement published Monday Work brings decades of experience and knowledge to the nonprofit company’s national …
Read More »FDA Unveils 32 Awardees for Regulatory Science R&D Work
The Food and Drug Administration has selected 32 companies and academic entities to provide research and development support services to advance studies in regulatory science under a potential $41.8M multi-award contract. The agency announced the R&D contract awards in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday. The listed winners are: American Society of …
Read More »Anthony Robbins: NVIDIA’s GPU Tech Conference to Feature Panel Discussions on Artificial Intelligence
NVIDIA will kick off the third annual GPU Technology Conference on artificial intelligence on Oct. 22 at the Reagan Center in Washington, D.C. Anthony Robbins, vice president for the North American public sector at NVIDIA, wrote in a blog post published Monday the three-day GTC DC event will include panel discussions and …
Read More »Health IT Vet Melissa Chapman Named President of 9th Way Solutions
Melissa Chapman, a former vice president of the civilian and homeland security solutions division at General Dynamics‘ information technology segment, has been appointed president of service-disabled veteran-owned company 9th Way Solutions. 9th Way said Monday Chapman will be responsible for health IT, enterprise services, cyber and information security, systems and program management and …
Read More »Booz Allen Secures FDA IT Life Cycle Support Contract
Booz Allen Hamilton has been awarded a potential $36M contract to support an information technology platform the Food and Drug Administration uses to monitor adverse drug events. The company subsequently received a $5.6M initial task order under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity that covers IT life cycle services for FDA Adverse Event Reporting System, according to a notice …
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