The Washington Post recently reported on the deadline issues surrounding healthcare exchanges. The deadline is set for Jan. 1, 2014 and the Post reports some states are unsure as to whether... Read more
ICF International will work with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to reduce the spread of chronic diseases and the disparities in health between American citizens. The Center... Read more
SAIC announced today it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department Health and Human Services. The firm will provide full life-cycle operations, maintenance and enhancement services i... Read more
CSC today announced that it has acquired Maricom Systems, Inc. The Baltimore, Md. based company provides business intelligence and data management solutions that support health IT systems wi... Read more
ICF International has hired Charles M. Akin, Jr., as its new enterprise/systems architect. Akin has nearly two decades of experience in health informatics and public health, federal enterpri... Read more
A new Web site launched by the Obama administration compiles a complete ‘menu’ of all available public and private health-insurance plans across the nation. It is the first platf... Read more
Last Thursday, Reps. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) and Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) introduced the HITECH Extension for Behavioral Health Services Act of 2010 HR 5025, a bill that would allow behavioral, m... Read more
In a blog post from last week, Beth Noveck, Deputy Federal CTO for Open Government and head of Obama’s Open Government Initiative, lauded the release of agency open government plans, w... Read more
Open Government has been a major priority of the Obama administration since the campaign trail, and last week was the publication deadline of each agency’s open government plan. Below, we’v... Read more
The new healthcare law is attracting scammers, according to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Northrop Grumman and Boeing won Navy deals. Walt Havenstein commented on SAIC’s major donation to... Read more
Kathleen Sebelius announced $267 million in Health IT awards. Alan Bersin was appointed to run Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). Bill Varner of ManTech commented on winning five task orders.... Read more
On Tuesday, the FCC released its National Broadband Plan. It notes that “the United States is not taking full advantage of the opportunities that health IT provides. It lags other dev... Read more
Preparations for cyber command are underway. Microsoft’s recent botnet takedown could be a model for dismantling botnets in the future. Education and IP blocking can stop most spear ph... Read more
Yesterday, the FCC released the National Broadband Plan called for by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The plan identifies ways to expand access to broadband and promote e... Read more
HHS Awards DMI Contract to Operate, Update Grants.gov
DMI has won a contract to operate the Grants.gov system for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the company announced today. The contract calls for DMI provide ongoing operatio... Read more