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  • Kevin Fagan Named ManTech Federal Civilian & Health IT Business General Manager - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kevin Fagan Named ManTech Federal Civilian & Health IT Business General Manager

    Kevin Fagan, formerly a vice president at ManTech International, has been promoted to senior vice president and general manager of the company’s federal civilian and health information technology unit. He will oversee the company’s approach to support the missions of federal clients that include the departments of Homeland Security, State, Veterans Affairs and Health and Human Services, ManTech said […] More

  • Mitre Study Cites Challenges to AI Adoption in Health Care - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre Study Cites Challenges to AI Adoption in Health Care

    A new study conducted by Mitre-led independent advisory group JASON for the Department of Health and Human Services has listed several challenges to adoption of AI platforms in the health care field. Those include issues associated with the use of the technology in clinical practice; confluence of AI and smart devices for disease and health […] More

  • Octo Consulting to Help Maintain, Update HHS Quality & Safety Review System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Octo Consulting to Help Maintain, Update HHS Quality & Safety Review System

    Octo Consulting Group has received a potential five-year, $10 million blanket purchase agreement to maintain and update a quality and safety review system at the Department of Health and Human Services. The company said Tuesday it will help manage the QSRS platform that HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality uses to monitor patient safety and adverse events nationwide. […] More

  • ICF Lands $70M in NCI Recompete BPAs for Comms, Cancer Content Devt Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Lands $70M in NCI Recompete BPAs for Comms, Cancer Content Devt Services

    ICF International has secured two potential five-year blanket purchase agreements worth $70 million combined to provide web development, communications and cancer content development support services for the National Cancer Institute. The first BPA with NCI’s office of communications and public liaison has a ceiling value of $50 million and the other agreement with the agency’s […] More

  • Agari: Rise in Federal DMARC Deployment Linked to DHS Email Security Directive - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Agari: Rise in Federal DMARC Deployment Linked to DHS Email Security Directive

    A new report by cybersecurity firm Agari has found that federal agencies’ adoption of an email authentication standard – Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance – rose 38 percent from Nov. 18 to Dec. 18, 2017. Agari’s report attributed the increase in DMARC adoption to agencies’ compliance with a new binding operational directive the Department […] More

  • Koniag Subsidiary to Deploy Container-as-a-Service at FDA for 'Cloud First' Compliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Koniag Subsidiary to Deploy Container-as-a-Service at FDA for ‘Cloud First’ Compliance

    A Koniag subsidiary has secured a five-year, $19 million contract to aid an office of the Food and Drug Administration in its initiatives to comply with the government’s Cloud First policy. Arlluk Technology Solutions will furnish FDA’s Office of Information Management and Technology with a cloud-based container-as-a-service platform to enable the Department of Health and Human Services agency […] More

  • HHS OIG Requests Info on Big Data Analytics Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS OIG Requests Info on Big Data Analytics Tools

    The Department of Health and Human Services‘ Office of the Inspector General has asked industry to provide information on current analytics technology products designed to manage large amounts of data from structured and unstructured sources. A FedBizOpps notice published Tuesday says HHS OIG looks to help staff members explore, analyze information with the use of technology and use […] More

  • Fila Group to Help Plan HHS Grants Mgmt System Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fila Group to Help Plan HHS Grants Mgmt System Modernization

    Fila Group has secured a contract to help the Department of Health and Human Services develop a roadmap to modernize a technology platform HHS uses to manage grants data. The company said Friday it will provide enterprise architecture, business intelligence, web systems and strategic plan development support for HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants Systems. HHS’ Operating Divisions and Office […] More

  • Octo Consulting Secures HHS IT Program Mgmt Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Octo Consulting Secures HHS IT Program Mgmt Support Contract

    Octo Consulting Group has received a potential five-year, $11.1 million contract to help the Department of Health and Human Services manage information technology programs and systems. The company said Tuesday it will provide administrative, program and vendor management services to HHS’s IT strategy, policy and governance office as part of efforts to help the department address IT challenges. The contract […] More

  • Executive Spotlight: Interview with Bill Sullivan, VP/GM, North American Public Sector at Cloudera - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Spotlight: Interview with Bill Sullivan, VP/GM, North American Public Sector at Cloudera

    “…we are focused on making what was once impossible–possible” EM: Tell me about your background and how you got to where you are today. Bill Sullivan: My background is somewhat unique in the federal space. I came from the state, local and education (SLED) market, running a series of North American SLED organizations starting at IBM/Tivoli, […] More

  • eGlobalTech Lands TSA IT Security Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    eGlobalTech Lands TSA IT Security Support Contract

    The Transportation Security Administration has awarded eGlobalTech a contract to help TSA’s information assurance and cybersecurity division secure information systems at the agency. The company said Wednesday it will also help update IAD’s risk management system, develop security policies and assess security controls in efforts to maintain the division’s compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act. Sonya Jain, CEO and […] More

  • Tiag Appoints Elizabeth Ahrens, David Balser to Director Roles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tiag Appoints Elizabeth Ahrens, David Balser to Director Roles

    Elizabeth Ahrens, a 17-year health information technology professional, has been promoted to a new director position at Reston, Virginia-based management and technology services provider tiag to oversee health IT initiatives for federal government and commercial clients. She will direct mission-critical health IT programs and related projects, implement the firm’s strategic goals and manage work with the […] More