Consultancy helps health care agencies with info needs

Customer Value Partners Inc. wants improve the quality of information health care agencies give to the public.

Kratos to earthquake-proof hospital networks

California law requires hospitals to either build new facilities or retrofit existing ones to make sure they can keep operating during and after an earthquake.

GTSI stands up health care unit

Company has been investing in health care and is looking to expand beyond current group of customers.

CGI hires former HHS doc as health care strategist

John Loonsk was part of HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.

ICF builds health capabilities with Macro acquisition

Acquisition will bolster work with CSC, HHS, VA and other health agencies

Contractors prepare to tap into stimulus' billions for tech projects

Contractors and their partners adjust strategies and form new programs to chase billions in new opportunities.

IBM's Prow keeps focus on customers and delivery

Charles Prow takes on responsibility for IBM's public-sector services business.

Obama names national health IT coordinator

Physician David Blumenthal will lead HHS efforts to direct spending of $19.5 billion in economic stimulus funds for health IT to advance implementation of the nationwide health information infrastructure.

FedSources: IT contractors to benefit from stimulus

Federal contractors will see a significant rise in opportunities stemming from the economic stimulus package, according to new analysis from FedSources Inc.

Some insider views on the stimulus winners and losers

Some industry insights about who might see the biggest boost in business from the stimulus package.

EDS to manage CMS data center operations

EDS Corp. will operate data centers for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under a six-year task order with a ceiling value of $19.8 million.

Comms, health tech make contract news

A $200 million communications contract and as much as $23 billion in health IT work in the coming decade have been making headlines.

A healthy dose of new contracting

Perot reshapes government business to focus on health care opportunities.

Stimulus funding to prop up states

States will use federal stimulus dollars to create technology-related opportunities in health care, transportation, public works modernization, and eligibility and fraud verification.

States turn to technology in hour of need

Systems integrators see growing opportunities to help states weather the economic downturn.

Budget gives boost to IT, health care

The Health and Human Services Department would get money to increase techology, research and program integrity under the HHS $76.8 billion request.

E-health records need Web 2.0 cure

Social-networking technology might be what the doctor ordered for getting more patients and providers to accept electronic health records.

The stimulus at a glance: The latest on IT-related proposals

The House and Senate versions of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package contain more than $70 billion in proposed information technology spending.

Stimulus to generate $4.5B state and local tech spending

Contractors doing business with state and local governments should expect to see $4.5 billion worth of new information technology opportunities from the proposed economic stimulus package, according to Input Inc.

Analysis: Stimulus package ripe with IT opportunities

Stimulus package favors IT opportunities in health care, energy, broadband and cybersecurity.