Westat VP Jennifer Kuo Begins Work as Public Health Practice Director

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded seven companies positions on a potential five-year, $99 million blanket purchase agreement to provide technical platforms and advisory support under the Geospatial Research, Analysis and Services Program. DRT Strategies, Innovative Computing & Applied Technology, Inoventures, General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business, Optum Serve Technology Services,

Karen Hay, digital transformation leader of global public health at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), said government agencies looking to expand access to health care services and mitigate public health challenges should advance digitization. “Digitization helps health workforce challenges as well as addressing the service backlog and supporting expanded access,” Hay wrote in an article published on

The Food and Drug Administration is looking for 8(a) small businesses capable of providing professional, administrative and consulting services to support the agency’s public health mission. A notice posted Friday on SAM.gov stated that the FDA intends to award a competitive small business set-aside indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help carry out its workforce management and public