GovCon Wire Your Direct Source for Government Contracting News American Systems has achieved 45 years since its founding in 1975, the company reported on Monday.
Read More »American Systems Celebrates 45th Anniversary of the Government IT, Engineering Company’s Founding; Peter Smith Quoted
FAA Authorizes UPS to Operate Drone Fleet for Package Delivery
UPS (NYSE: UPS) became the first company to secure an air carrier certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration to transport packages by drone.
Read More »Gov’t Health Market Vet Chris Mirro Joins Maximus in SVP Role
Chris Mirro, former managing director of the North American public service health portfolio at Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has been appointed a senior vice president at Reston, Va.-based business process services provider Maximus (NYSE: MMS), FedHealthIT reported Monday.
Read More »LexisNexis Risk Solutions Acquires Lumen from Numerica Corp., Haywood Talcove Quoted
LexisNexis Risk Solutions announced on Tuesday that the company is acquiring all Lumen’s assets, an integrated data platform owned by the Numerica Corporation. “Over the last seven years, we have successfully developed and commercialized the Lumen product line,” said Jeff Poore, Numerica Corporation president. “We are excited for our technology …
Read More »Maryland Tech Council and Opus8 Hosting East Coast VentureCON on Thursday
The 2nd Annual ECVC – East Coast VentureCON event will take place at the Marymount University at Ballston Center in Arlington, Va. on Thursday, March 21st. Over 400 leading investors, VCs, CXOs and entrepreneurs will attend the premier annual conference for the nation’s top venture capitalists and investors on the …
Read More »Premier Reports Cost of Opioid Epidemic on Hospitals, Taxpayers; Roshni Ghosh Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 10, 2018 — Premier (Nasdaq: PINC), a North Carolina-based health care company, has found that patients who experience an opioid overdose account for an estimated $11.3B in total annual costs at U.S. hospitals, with 66 percent of those patients covered under the federal Medicaid and Medicare programs, ExecutiveBiz …
Read More »Optum Public Sector Unit to Manage VA Community Care Network in 3 Regions
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 3, 2018 — An Optum business unit will oversee healthcare service provider networks for the Department of Veterans Affairs across three U.S. regions covering 36 states, Washington, D.C., as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands under separate contracts, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The VA said Friday Optum …
Read More »Deloitte Offers Risk Assessment, Strategy Services for Drone Integration in Business Ops
TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 16, 2018 — Deloitte has unveiled a new offering that will work to help clients create drone strategies to support business operations and processes while ensuring regulatory compliance and risk management, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the Deloitte US Global Drone Solutions service will utilize an …
Read More »Mitre, FDA Unveil Playbook for Medical Device Cybersecurity, Preparedness
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 3, 2018 — Mitre and the Food and Drug Administration have developed a guide that aims to help healthcare service providers establish preparedness and response measures for medical devices amid cybersecurity threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The nonprofit research firm said Monday the Medical Device Cybersecurity Regional Incident Preparedness …
Read More »Potomac Officers Club to Host 2018 Healthcare Summit on Sept. 19
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 5, 2018 — The Potomac Officers Club — a division of Executive Mosaic — will be hosting the 2018 Healthcare Summit on Sept. 19 at the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner. Jose Arrieta, of the Department of Health and Human Services, Joseph Ronzio, of the Department of Veterans …
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