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Idaho health department taps ACS for benefits management
Affiliated Computer Services will provide pharmacy claims processing, automated prior authorizations, help-desk support, prospective and retrospective drug use reviews, and federal and supplemental drug rebate administration and reporting.
People
IG: DHS wrongly awarded contract to Alaska Native firm
A coding error is to blame for the improper award of a 10-year, $475 million sole-source contract to Chenega Technology Services.
People
Report: Legal eagles can aid cross-government collaboration
A study commissioned by NASCIO encourages government officials to establish clear governance models before beginning work on projects that cut across agency or government boundaries.
People
Better information sharing on the horizon
Lawmakers' meeting with the Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group provides initial details on how to improve threat assessment information.
People
Mass. puts IT staffing firm to work
Atlantic Associates has begun providing business analysts, project managers and other technology specialists through the commonwealth's staff augmentation program.
People
Strategy refines fusion centers’ role
An expanded scope for the centers alarms privacy groups who fear misuse of data
People
Bush releases national strategy for sharing intelligence
The National Strategy for Information Sharing defines the roles of the fusion centers through which state, local and federal agencies share threat data.
People
Bush nominates former governor as USDA secretary
If the Senate confirms him, Ed Schafer would replace Mike Johanns, who left the department in September.
People
Customers give Florida purchasing system high marks
MyFloridaMarketPlace scored an overall customer satisfaction rating of 91 percent, and it has saved the state $71 million.
Digital Government
Web Extra: Automated redaction tools available
A small industry is emerging to help state and local governments rid their Web sites of personal information.
Acquisition
As population grows, Texas city readies tech infrastructure
Bee Cave plans to install a Gigabit Ethernet network, a document management system and a backup plan built around a virtual tape library.
People
Software troubles delay SBInet progress
Border guards have not started using the network although lawmakers had expected it to be operational four months ago.
People
Real ID standards expected in two to three months, says DHS official
Stewart Baker, DHS assistant secretary for policy, said the requirements will be significantly different when they are issued in a few months.
People
Homeland security plan draws fire
Critics describe the Bush administration's updated strategy as vague and 'squishy.'
Acquisition
States get SmartBuy discounts
SafeBoot extends USDA’s discount prices for encryption to state, local governments
People
Michigan IT shop faces cuts
Legislature averted a government shutdown, but the state’s IT staffing remains uncertain
People
FEMA readies emergency system
Web-based disaster response system will push timely information to first responders
People
Bush threatens to veto a bill that would strengthen IGs
President Bush threatens to veto a bill that would safeguard IGs' authority
Digital Government
VistA outage disrupts Calif. VA hospitals
One official called it "the most significant technological threat to patient safety VA has ever had."
Acquisition