The Homeland Security Department is advertising for a contractor that can provide a regular data feed on bioterrorism events and emerging disease outbreaks such as swine flu.
The Health and Human Services Department announced it is preparing to award a sole-source contract to Verisign for managed public-key infrastructure services and digital certificates on the Nationwide Health Information Network.
CACI International will continue to provide management support and other services to the Defense Department’s Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance under a five-year, $47 million contract.
SRA International is providing management and information technology services to the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas under a five-year, $16.2 million contract.
The Health Information Trust Alliance will certify security products against its Common Security Framework as the government moves to establish an infrastructure, national standards and privacy requirements for the handling of electronic health care records.
Federal health officials are distributing $1.2 billion in economic stimulus law funding to state agencies and nonprofits to advance adoption of health information technology.
IBM Corp. is expanding its public-sector offerings to focus on analytic solutions to federal, state and local government organizations, as well as health care and education.
Planned Systems International Inc. will provide testing support to the Veterans Affairs Department under a five-year award that could be worth almost $70 million if all options are exercised.
The Centers for Disease Control is inviting prospective vendors to participate in an advisory process before publishing a solicitation for a major information technology contract, anticipated in September.
Three national health care providers have been named to provide managed health care support for the Defense Department’s Tricare program. They are: TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp., of Phoenix; Aetna Government Health Plans, of Hartford, Conn.; and United Health Military and Veterans Services, of Minnetonka, Minn.
