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Kristine Martin Anderson Unveils Booz Allen’s Plans Following Liberty IT Acquisition

Kristine Martin Anderson, executive vice president and head of civil business at Booz Allen Hamilton, said the company will continue to deliver on existing contracts with the Department of Veterans Affairs and scale up using Liberty IT Solutions’ advancements in application program interface development and low code-no code platforms, FedScoop reported Friday. Martin Anderson said […] More

by Jane Edwards July 12, 2021, 12:02 pm
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CMMC-AB Creates Advisory Council to Represent Defense Industrial Base

The accreditation body of the Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification has formed the Industry Advisory Council that will be responsible for providing CMMC-AB and DOD with CMMC implementation feedback, input and recommendations on behalf of organizations seeking certification (OSCs).

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by Noah Chelednik April 6, 2021, 10:25 am
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Salesforce Seeks to Help Agencies Streamline Vaccine Administration With New Cloud Offering
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Mitre, Microsoft, Salesforce Join Coalition to Advance Vaccination Credential Initiative

A coalition of technology and health companies has launched an initiative that intends to enable individuals to obtain digital access to their COVID-19 vaccination records based on interoperable, open standards. Coalition members that are advancing the Vaccination Credential Initiative include Cerner, CARIN Alliance, Change Healthcare, Evernorth, Epic, Mayo Clinic, Microsoft, Mitre, Safe Health, Oracle, Salesforce and The Commons Project Foundation.

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by Jane Edwards January 15, 2021, 3:45 am
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Kelly Horton Promoted to ServiceNow Federal Civilian Sales Director

Kelly Horton, enterprise account executive for the State Department at cloud computing software provider ServiceNow, has been promoted to director of federal civilian sales. Her industry career also includes time at Salesforce, Oracle and Ellucian.

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by Matthew Nelson January 6, 2021, 1:02 am
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IBM-Salesforce Partnership Seeks to Provide Single Platform for Health Status Verification

IBM and Salesforce have teamed up to help government agencies, businesses and schools verify an individual's health and vaccine status to enable them to safely reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The partnership will facilitate the integration of IBM Digital Health Pass with the Salesforce Work.com platform to provide organizations with a single tool for making data-driven decisions as they work to streamline communications, initiate actions and reduce risks.

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by Jane Edwards December 21, 2020, 2:41 am
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Salesforce Platform Used in COVID-19 Vaccination Programs

Government agencies from across the globe have used Salesforce to manage multiple functions of COVID-19 vaccination programs. Over 15 agencies from all levels of government have adopted the Salesforce platform for efforts to administer these programs, deliver the vaccines and inform the masses, the cloud software company said Wednesday.

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by Nichols Martin December 17, 2020, 7:32 am
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Accenture Federal Arm to Support Gov’t Retirement Savings Plan Modernization; Elaine Beeman Quoted

Accenture's federal arm will develop a platform to automate Thrift Savings Plan processes, offer electronic signature capabilities and help TSP users access services through phone, email, virtual assistant and other channels under a contract with the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. The Recordkeeping Services Acquisition contract awarded to Accenture Federal Services has a transition period of 18 months and four, three-year option terms.

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by Jane Edwards November 20, 2020, 4:25 am
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Hitachi Aims to Spur Digital Innovation Through Global Partner Program
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Accenture Unveils COVID-19 Vaccination Program Mgmt Tool; Ryan Oakes Quoted

Accenture has launched a platform to help government agencies and health care institutions plan and manage COVID-19 vaccination programs and related communication and distribution efforts.

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by Jane Edwards October 8, 2020, 5:58 am
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Former Salesforce Exec Laura Boufford Joins Google as Federal Civilian Sales Director

Laura Boufford, former regional vice president of aerospace sales at Salesforce, has been named director of federal civilian sales at Google, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Monday. Her technology industry experience encompasses the areas of cloud computing, enterprise information technology and software as a service.

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by Nichols Martin September 20, 2020, 11:28 pm
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Nevada Deploys Salesforce-Based App for Opioid Antagonist Inventory Mgmt

The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services has implemented a cloud application that is built on the Salesforce platform and designed to monitor the supply of naloxone, a medication for patients who have overdosed on opioids.

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by Nichols Martin September 1, 2020, 8:30 am