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  • Wayne Lucernoni: Harris IT Services Focuses on 'Organic Growth' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Wayne Lucernoni: Harris IT Services Focuses on ‘Organic Growth’

    Wayne Lucernoni, president of Harris information technology services, has indicated that the business unit is working to establish its presence in the market beyond the company’s telecommunications brand, the Washington Business Journal reported Monday. Jill Aitoro writes that Lucernoni pointed to current campaigns in the healthcare and intelligence sectors and efforts to streamline bidding for future projects. Lucernoni said Harris’ IT services unit aims to focus on […] More

  • Adnan Ahmed on CNSI's Contract Vehicle Strategy and Advice for New GovCon Firms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Adnan Ahmed on CNSI’s Contract Vehicle Strategy and Advice for New GovCon Firms

    Adnan Ahmed, president of contractor CNSI, and his three other partners founded the Gaithersburg, Maryland-based company in 1994. The information technology and outsourcing services company has since grown to be a holder of prime contracts and positions on major contract vehicles. Ahmed recently sat down with ExecutiveBiz to discuss the company’s origins, offer advice for […] More

  • Dell Study: Global Healthcare IT Leaders Eye Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Study: Global Healthcare IT Leaders Eye Cloud

    A new survey from Dell on global technology adoption found that a majority of IT decision-makers at midsize healthcare organizations, as well as other industries, either have adopted or are planning to adopt cloud computing. The company said Tuesday its Dell Global Technology Adoption Index report indicates that this interest in cloud comes as healthcare organizations identify IT priorities in cost efficiency, infrastructure upgrades and data center […] More

  • IBM to Help VA Search Electronic Health Records; Carolyn Clancy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM to Help VA Search Electronic Health Records; Carolyn Clancy Comments

    IBM Corp. has been awarded a $6.8 million contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs to collect and analyze electronic health records and medical literature. The company will search and present medical records using its Watson cognitive technology under the two-year pilot research, VA said Monday. Carolyn Clancy, VA interim undersecretary for health, said the pilot […] More

  • Mike Petters: Huntington Ingalls Eyes Energy Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Petters: Huntington Ingalls Eyes Energy Sector

    Mike Petters, CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, identified the energy market as a potential area of growth for the shipbuilding giant in an address to the Atlantic Council, Reuters reported Wednesday. Petters told the think tank Wednesday that Huntington Ingalls has invested in the energy sector and established healthcare centers at its facilities as part of its long-term goals, Andrea Shalal […] More

  • Lockheed's Horace Blackman: 'Biggest Opportunities' Lie in Federal Health IT Space - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Horace Blackman: ‘Biggest Opportunities’ Lie in Federal Health IT Space

    Horace Blackman, Lockheed Martin’s vice president of health and life sciences, attributes new business growth opportunities to the federal health information technology market, The Washington Post reported Saturday. Jay Hancock writes Lockheed Martin’s business with the Department of Health and Human Services has more than doubled to $300 million annually since 2006. “The biggest opportunities I would point to are efforts associated […] More

  • Frost and Sullivan: US Healthcare Cloud Market to Hit $3.5B by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Frost and Sullivan: US Healthcare Cloud Market to Hit $3.5B by 2020

    Frost and Sullivan has released a study that predicts the U.S. healthcare cloud market will reach $3.5 billion by 2020, iHealthBeat reported Friday. Shruthi Parakkal, healthcare research analyst at Frost and Sullivan, cited several results of cloud migration as information technology staff management, reduced upfront costs, operational efficiency, on-demand data access and deployment, according to the report. The report indicates stakeholders are […] More

  • Systems Made Simple to Support VA Mobile Healthcare App Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Systems Made Simple to Support VA Mobile Healthcare App Development

    The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a contract to Systems Made Simple to help the agency create new mobile applications for managing veterans’ healthcare. VA seeks to develop apps intended to help veterans monitor their health, access medical information and connect with providers, Systems Made Simple said. The company will work with VA’s […] More

  • Drenda Harkins Joins CSG’s Healthcare, Human Services Practice; Andrea Danes Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Drenda Harkins Joins CSG’s Healthcare, Human Services Practice; Andrea Danes Comments

    Drenda Harkins, formerly chief information officer for Arkansas’ division of medical services, has joined CSG Government Solutions healthcare and human services practice. Harkins most recently led the state of Arkansas’ effort to modernize its Medicaid management information systems, CSG said Wednesday. “She has successfully led large MMIS, ICD-10 code-set transition, and electronic health records implementations, providing her with an […] More

  • Executive Profile: Susan Penfield, Booz Allen SVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Susan Penfield, Booz Allen SVP

    Susan Penfield serves as a senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, where she focuses on the management and strategic use of health information technology tools and leads the firm’s Systems Development Center for Excellence. Penfield oversees work to develop strategies for health data interoperability, analytics tools for health information, the integration of health information, health IT modernization and implementing programs […] More

  • Executive Profile: Mark Jones,Senior Sales Director for CA's Public Sector Healthcare Vertical - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Mark Jones,Senior Sales Director for CA’s Public Sector Healthcare Vertical

    Mark Jones serves as senior director of sales for CA Technologies‘ public sector healthcare vertical. In this role he assumed in January 2012, Jones is responsible for work to align the company’s offerings with agency goals. He leads an organization that works with the departments of Health and Human Services and Veterans Affairs, Social Security […] More

  • Connie Harvey: Xerox Invests in Cloud-Based Healthcare Delivery System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Connie Harvey: Xerox Invests in Cloud-Based Healthcare Delivery System

    Xerox Corp. has invested in HealthSpot‘s cloud-based care delivery system in an effort to expand patient access to healthcare. HealthSpot plans to deliver its kiosks to retail pharmacies, care centers and emergency departments across the country over the next five years under the agreement, Xerox said Wednesday. Connie Harvey, chief operating officer of commercial healthcare at Xerox, said the company […] More