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  • AWS Eyes GovCloud East Region Launch in 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Eyes GovCloud East Region Launch in 2018

    Amazon Web Services plans to launch in 2018 a second region for its cloud platform designed to host regulated data workloads and sensitive information. The AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region will work to provide government clients with additional disaster recovery options and help them comply with several regulatory requirements, the company said Tuesday. These government regulations include […] More

  • VA Seeks Info on Potential Cloud Managed Services Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Seeks Info on Potential Cloud Managed Services Sources

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has asked information on potential industry sources of cloud managed support services as VA plans to move to the cloud to facilitate the delivery of services to military retirees. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says VA wants data on potential vendors that can provide professional, governance and operational support to […] More

  • Optum, VA Pick 3 Teams to Develop Medical Tech for Military Vets with Brain Injuries - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Optum, VA Pick 3 Teams to Develop Medical Tech for Military Vets with Brain Injuries

    The Department of Veterans Affairs and Optum have selected three finalists from the “Demo Day” competition of the 2nd annual Brain Trust: Pathways to InnoVAtion to pilot medical technologies that can help clinicians to prevent, diagnose or treat veterans who have experienced traumatic brain injuries. Optum said Friday The Daptly Display, Save a Warrior and King-Devick Technologies were selected out of 15 […] More

  • Document Storage Systems to Develop Online Patient Self-Scheduling Tool for VA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Document Storage Systems to Develop Online Patient Self-Scheduling Tool for VA

    Document Storage Systems has received a potential $19.6 million contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop and deliver an online system that works to help military retirees schedule and modify medical appointments. VA awarded the contract to the Juno Beach, Florida-based health information technology platforms provider under a pilot program created in compliance […] More

  • VA Issues Mobile Navigation App RFI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Issues Mobile Navigation App RFI

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has begun its search for potential contractors that can deliver an application designed to provide veterans and their families outdoor and indoor navigation support at VA’s medical facilities. VA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted May 10 the MyVA Way app seeks to provide 24/7 navigational support to users, reduce […] More

  • Susie Adams: Microsoft Provides Tech Support for VA Healthcare Access Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Susie Adams: Microsoft Provides Tech Support for VA Healthcare Access Tool

    Microsoft has provided its government cloud platform and database technology to the Department of Veterans Affairs in an effort to help VA launch a web-based tool for military veterans and family members to access their healthcare data electronically. Susie Adams, chief technology officer of Microsoft’s federal business, said Thursday VA’s Access to Care platform is built and hosted in […] More

  • Booz Allen's New South Carolina Facility to Support Digital Services Work for Govt Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen’s New South Carolina Facility to Support Digital Services Work for Govt Clients

    Booz Allen Hamilton has unveiled a new 75,000-square-foot office in Charleston, South Carolina, in a push to support the work of the company’s digital solutions business with federal agencies, facilitate collaboration and bring technology platforms to government clients. The Charleston Digital Hub is part of Booz Allen’s Vision 2020 strategy that seeks to develop tech […] More

  • VA Plans New Enterprise Data Mgmt Task Under T4NG IDIQ Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Plans New Enterprise Data Mgmt Task Under T4NG IDIQ Vehicle

    The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to add a task order under its Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation contract vehicle for enterprise data management support services. VA said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice the task will cover technical staff expertise related to data governance and messaging as well as transactional and analytical data processing. The department awarded 21 companies positions on the […] More

  • Maximus’ Tom Naughton: Agencies Should Adopt AI-Based Tools to Facilitate Citizen Engagement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maximus’ Tom Naughton: Agencies Should Adopt AI-Based Tools to Facilitate Citizen Engagement

    Tom Naughton, president of citizen services at Maximus’ federal business, has said government agencies should work to build up citizen engagement through the implementation of new customer service platforms that leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning. Naughton wrote in a Washington Technology commentary published Friday that agencies should provide citizens with self-service tools and customer […] More

  • Coast Guard Looks at Commercial EHR Platform Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coast Guard Looks at Commercial EHR Platform Sources

    Interested vendors have until May 26 to respond to a U.S. Coast Guard request for information on the possibility of replacing the service branch’s paper-based health data documentation system with an electronic health records system. USCG currently explores potential industry sources of an integrated Electronic Health Record Acquisition platform that can work to secure personally identifiable information and personal health information, according to […] More

  • Leidos' Systems Made Simple Lands VA Health Data Repository Support Task Order; Jon Scholl Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos’ Systems Made Simple Lands VA Health Data Repository Support Task Order; Jon Scholl Comments

    Leidos subsidiary Systems Made Simple has secured a potential three-year, $29 million task order to support data repositories the Department of Veterans Affairs uses to share healthcare information with the Defense Department and other external government agencies. Systems Made Simple will develop, expand, update, maintain and plan the implementation of functionalities for the VA/DoD Identity Repository, Veterans Information Solution, Health Data Repository and Administrative […] More

  • VA Eyes Sofware-as-a-Service Model for VistA EHR System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Eyes Sofware-as-a-Service Model for VistA EHR System

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has posted a request for information on cloud-based commercial platforms in a move to identify a potential alternative for VA’s electronic health record system. VA said Wednesday in a FedBizOpps notice the department is interested in a software-as-a-service model to manage the Veterans Information Systems and Technology Architecture platforms that are not fully modernized. The RFI focuses […] More