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  • ICF to Continue CDC Public Health Surveillance System Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF to Continue CDC Public Health Surveillance System Support

    ICF has won a potential three-year, $20 million task order to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention update a cloud-based public health surveillance system. The company said Thursday it will provide technical expertise and support services for the surveillance, information management, technology, data management and analytic tools of the agency’s BioSense platform. The recompete task order contains a one-year […] More

  • General Dynamics Lands CDC Contact Center Support Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Lands CDC Contact Center Support Order

      A business unit of General Dynamics has received a potential five-year, $31 million task order to provide contact center support for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. General Dynamics Information Technology will help CDC establish a multichannel, multilingual contact center as well as integrate and assess technology platforms for the facility, the company said Thursday. […] More

  • CDC Taps Leidos to Provide Support Services for Strategic National Stockpile Division - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CDC Taps Leidos to Provide Support Services for Strategic National Stockpile Division

    Leidos has received a potential five-year $26 million contract to provide logistics, emergency operation and program coordination services in support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s Division of Strategic National Stockpiles. Services under the contract aim to support the management and delivery of the estimated $7 billion SNS inventory consisting antibiotics, antidotes, antitoxins, antiviral, medical […] More

  • ICF to Administer National Tobacco Survey Under CDC Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF to Administer National Tobacco Survey Under CDC Task Order

    ICF has received a potential five-year, $13 million task order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to administer a national survey that will collect information about the prevalence of tobacco use among youth. CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health commissioned ICF to help the agency examine  behaviors and attitudes of students in grades six to 12 […] More

  • IBM Watson Health Supports CDC Blockchain Research Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Watson Health Supports CDC Blockchain Research Efforts

    IBM Watson Health has signed with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to support research efforts on blockchain applications, Fast Company reported Tuesday. The CDC has been conducting tests on blockchain technology in aims to develop more streamlined and secure data-harnessing processes. Shahram Ebadollahi, chief science officer at IBM, stated that Blockchain may support the flexibility for […] More

  • NTT Data Awarded $62M CDC IT Support Contract; Tim Conway Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NTT Data Awarded $62M CDC IT Support Contract; Tim Conway Comments

    NTT Data has secured a potential five-year, $62 million contract to provide a range of information technology services to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The company said Thursday it will host applications, manage cloud systems, store files, monitor operations and perform data center support for CDC under the contract. The IT services are intended to help […] More

  • CSRA Subsidary's Plague Vaccine Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Subsidary’s Plague Vaccine Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation

    A plague vaccine being developed by a CSRA subsidiary has received orphan drug status from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for pre-exposure prophlaxis of Yersinia pestis infection. CSRA said Wednesday its DynPort Vaccine Company works with the Defense Department on the development of the recombinant rF1V plague vaccine that will be added to the DoD’s medical countermeasures portfolio […] More

  • IBM’s Keith Salzman Cites Govt Programs That Aim to Help Address Substance Abuse Disorders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM’s Keith Salzman Cites Govt Programs That Aim to Help Address Substance Abuse Disorders

    Keith Salzman, chief medical information officer at IBM‘s global business services unit, has said federal, state and local government agencies have partnered with companies and nonprofit organizations to launch efforts that seek to address drug and alcohol use as well as substance abuse disorders in communities. Salzman wrote in a blog post published Tuesday the U.S. Surgeon General’s report […] More

  • ICF Secures CDC Public Health Communication Support Contracts; Kris Tremaine Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Secures CDC Public Health Communication Support Contracts; Kris Tremaine Comments

    ICF has secured nine contracts worth a combined $34.4 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to support CDC’s public health campaigns. CDC will use the company’s campaign development, creative, digital advertising, social marketing and media, stakeholder and traditional engagement expertise to facilitate  multiple projects such as the National Diabetes Prevention Program, ICF said Friday. The first task order covers support for tobacco […] More

  • ICF Secures CDC Data & Analytics Support Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Secures CDC Data & Analytics Support Contracts

    ICF has received a set of contracts worth up to $44.5 million combined from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out data and analytics support services for the agency. The consulting and technology services provider said Wednesday the contracts include two multiple-award blanket purchase agreements with the division of healthcare statistics within CDC’s National Center for […] More

  • CSRA Unveils New HPC Service Model to Bolster Info Processing Speeds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Unveils New HPC Service Model to Bolster Info Processing Speeds

    CSRA will integrate information technology systems with high-performance computing services to help government agencies process information at a faster pace in a push to support decision-making speeds in areas such as climate change, scientific research and space exploration. The company said Wednesday the new HPC service model will work to support HPC customer requirements within a common […] More

  • Premier Survey: Health System Leaders Begin Strategies for Potential Zika Outbreak - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Premier Survey: Health System Leaders Begin Strategies for Potential Zika Outbreak

    Charlotte, North Carolina-based healthcare strategies developer Premier has found that U.S. hospitals conduct patient education, staff training, screening, surveillance and reporting to prepare for a potential outbreak of the Zika virus. Premier said Monday health system C-suite leaders have led efforts to address the disease based on guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “As we monitor the implications for the possible […] More