Tag Archives: 2019 Wash100

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), in collaboration with DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), announced a new certification from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for Stage 1 within the Kansas Modular Medicaid System (KMMS), DXC Technology announced on Thursday. 

Adm. Michael Gilday, chief of naval operations, said the lack of international standards for appropriate cyber behavior makes it hard for the U.S. and its allies to watch over adversaries, Fifth Domain reported Saturday.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has unveiled a research and development hub for artificial intelligence-based health care technology platforms intended to support former military personnel, their families and caregivers.

ECS announced on Thursday that the company has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public Safety & Disaster Response Competency status. To earn the designation, ECS demonstrated its experience, operational tools, thought leadership and expertise delivering solutions seamlessly on AWS. 

Perspecta has raised more than $320,000 for the American Heart Association (AHA) 2019 Greater Washington Heart Walk, the company announced on Tuesday. The achievement makes Perspecta the largest, single-year fundraising company in the Walk’s history for the second consecutive year.

Margie Graves, federal deputy chief information officer, said support from an agency’s top leaders is one of the factors the Technology Modernization Fund board considers before awarding federal funds through TMF, Federal Times reported Friday.

Michael Kratsios, U.S. chief technology officer and deputy assistant to the President at the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy, has appointed Winter Casey and Lynne Parker as deputy U.S. CTOs.

The U.S. Air Force is working with AT&T to establish Tyndall Air Force Base as a “Smart Base of the Future” and use AT&T 5G services to deliver a communications solution with cloud, IoT, virtual reality and FirstNet capabilities, AT&T announced on Thursday.

The Modernizing Government Technology Act passed in 2017 requires federal agencies to come up with internal working capital funds to support information technology modernization initiatives and administration officials said agencies are having difficulty establishing those funds, Nextgov reported Wednesday.

David Norquist, deputy defense secretary and a 2019 Wash100 awardee, told the Senate Armed Services Committee's readiness subcommittee the Pentagon implemented a technology platform that works to help  personnel examine financial and other business data.