A Koniag Government Services subsidiary will help the Indian Health Service manage information technology modernization efforts under an $83 million contract. Kadiak will assist an IHS program management office across eight task areas to facilitate the usability and integration of agency data while ensuring patient care delivery, KGS said Tuesday. Kevin Wideman, CEO of KGS, said […] More

GRSi has booked a $48 million contract to provide information technology services to two offices under the National Institutes of Health. The company said Tuesday it will support NIH’s Office of Research Facilities and Office of Research Services in various areas such as Agile program management, infrastructure and cloud engineering and DevSecOps. Diane Yarnell, executive […] More

How does contract staffing work? Contract staffing is an employment option in which a person is recruited to fulfill a portion of a project, contract, or task. Temporary staffing is a hiring arrangement on project-based or fixed-term rather than a permanent one. In some scenarios, contract staffing is managed by a third-party staffing agency.   […] More

GRSi has won a three-year, $32 million contract from the National Institutes of Health to provide its Office of the Director with professional health information technology services, including help in processing hundreds of applications and thousands of support incidents. The Bethesda, Maryland-based technical and engineering services provider said Wednesday it will conduct full range of […] More

Unissant has received a $37.4 million contract to support the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ online medical record transfer system used in payment reviews. The digital company said Friday it will provide software development, testing, cloud migration and hosting support as well as software maintenance services in support of the Electronic Submission of Medical […] More

Arshad Matin, a more than two-decade veteran of software and information technology sectors, has been appointed to serve as chairman of the board of directors at Virginia-based professional services provider ASGN. He has served as an independent board member of ASGN since June 2014 and will assume chairmanship when the retiring Jeremy Jones completes his term on June 18, the company said Monday.

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Sev1Tech will provide data analytical support to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Health Service Corps under a potential five-year contract awarded through the General Services Administration's One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services procurement vehicle.

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The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Emerging Sun a contract of an undisclosed value to conduct a research project with the goal of modernizing the Indian Health Service’s information technology systems. HHS said Wednesday Pistis and the Regenstrief Institute will support the multistage effort over the next year as subcontractors to Emerging Sun. The team will work to […] More

The Department of Health and Human Services has selected a team composed of Indigenous Technologies and Telos to help operate the Indian Health Service‘s information technology network that supports care services delivery for American Indian and Alaska Native people. The team will host infrastructure engineering and operations services through a Telos facility in Las Vegas and help IHS […] More

Belgium has kicked off a search for new multirole fighter aircraft that will replace the Belgian air force’s fleet of Lockheed Martin-built F-16 planes, IHS Jane’s 360 reported Monday. Gareth Jennings writes Belgium requested proposals from multiple international defense organizations for the Eurofighter Typhoon, Lockheed’s F-35A, Boeing‘s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Dassault Aviation‘s Rafale and Saab‘s Gripen E. Belgium aims to select a platform in […] More

MEF has announced finalists for the company’s 2016 Excellence Awards that recognizes service, application, technology and professional excellence in the global Third Network community. The company said Thursday it will present the awards in November at the MEF Excellence Awards Dinner as part of the MEF16 global networking conference. Global and regional senior analysts from ATLANTIC-ACM, Current Analysis, Frost […] More

Battelle aims to build a third version of the nonprofit’s rifle-like device that works to jam GPS and command-and-control and GPS systems used to fly unmanned aircraft systems, IHS Jane’s 360 reported Tuesday. Geoff Fein writes the current DroneDefender system is powered by a nearly 10-pound battery inside a backpack and designed to neutralize UAS that weighs less than 55 pounds and operates at a speed of less […] More