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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »Hitachi Aims to Spur Digital Innovation Through Global Partner Program
Hitachi has formed a global partnership that includes five founding members from the technology sector to drive digital transformation in areas such as information technology, smart infrastructure, mobility and energy.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »Carahsoft, Copado Partner to Offer Agencies DevOps Platform for Salesforce
Copado has partnered with Carahsoft Technology to distribute in the public sector market a technology offering designed to help organizations build and deploy software applications on the Salesforce platform.
Read More »Accenture Grant to Support Cloud Tech Training for Military Vets; George Franz Quoted
Merivis, a nonprofit organization that trains military veterans in Salesforce cloud technology administration, has received a $100K grant from Accenture and its federal arm to offer training services in San Antonio, Texas.
Read More »ASRC Federal Helps USDA Implement Web-Based Grant Application Process; Jennifer Felix Quoted
ASRC Federal has built a web-based tool for the Department of Agriculture to process data on competitive federal grants under a program aimed at expanding availability of ethanol and biodiesel products.
Read More »Darryl Peek Named Google Federal Strategic Partnerships Head
Darryl Peek II, formerly a senior manager within Salesforce's global public sector unit, has joined Google as head of federal strategic partnerships. Peek said Monday in a LinkedIn post that he aims to create value, use thought leadership and provide support for government transformation efforts in his new capacity.
Read More »Jellyfish Receives GSA OK to Support Public Sector Digital Advertising Strategies
The General Services Administration has authorized Jellyfish to offer a suite of technologies and services intended to help federal agencies implement digital marketing efforts. Jellyfish said Thursday it will provide government customers access to a range of cloud-based marketing platforms from Google and Salesforce.
Read More »Billy Kliner Joins Steampunk as Salesforce Practice Lead; Sean Dillon Quoted
Billy Kliner, a more than two-decade project and program management professional, has been named Salesforce practice lead at Steampunk.
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