The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said “healthcare cybersecurity is in critical condition” in its report to Congress Friday. Hospitals and health care facilities are a honeypot for hackers and prime targets for ransomware attacks because of the huge amounts of personal information that they collect. While c...
A business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has received a potential five-year, $94 million contract for software development life cycle services to a Department of Health and Human Services division that provides federal healthcare services to Alaska Native and American Indian people. General Dynamics Information Technology will d...
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Emergent BioSolutions a five-year, $198.7 million contract to further mature the development of an anthrax vaccine in preparation for a Food and Drug Administration license. The HHS office of the assistant secretary for preparedness and response™s Biomedical Advanced Research and Developme...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 30, 2016 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) will help the Department of Health and Human Services update its human resources management system under a $38.9 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday it will work to update the PeopleSoft Human Capital Management 8.9 system to People...
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a potential $173.6 million contract to Sanofi Pasteur for work to develop inactivated vaccine candidate that could help prevent Zika virus infection and associated birth defects. HHS said Monday the contract has a $43.2 million base value that covers process develo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 26, 2016 ” Deloitte has presented a six-pronged response to the Department of Health and Human Services‘ blockchain ideation challenge that seeks to identify opportunities to apply the technology in healthcare, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday blockchain works t...
The Department of Health and Human Services has chosen Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) to offer agency personnel access to the company’s customer relationship management tools under a potential $100 million blanket purchase agreement. Salesforce said Wednesday the BPA serves as a vehicle for HHS operating divisions to order Salesf...
By Chuck Brooks, president of Brooks Consulting International The future of innovation in both government and industry will not be distinguished by singular breakthroughs, but rather by the convergence and meshing of a number of different new technologies. Going forward, industries, national security, economic competitiveness, privacy and almost eve...
President Donald Trump has introduced a new website designed to provide patients with access to discounted prices on certain high-cost prescription drugs in the U.S. As the current administration rolls out TrumpRx.gov and highlights new efforts to reduce prescription drug costs, federal healthcare policy continues to evolve rapidly for both industry...
The Department of Government Efficiency announced that federal agencies have canceled 55 contracts with a total ceiling value of $863 million over the last five days, resulting in approximately $261 million in savings. Which Government Contracts Were Terminated? In a post on X Tuesday, DOGE said the canceled contracts include a $4.5 million Departme...
