Posts from GovConWire for 09/23/2015

HHS Updates Federal Health IT Plan; Karen DeSalvo Comments

The Department of Health and Human Services has released the final version of a federal plan intended to help improve the national health information technology infrastructure. The agency’s Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology updated the plan with input from various sectors gathered last year via public comment, collaborations, health IT policy committee recommendations, community organizations and entrepreneurs, HHS said Monday…

DISA Seeks Industry Input on Cloud-Based Email, Calendar Services

The Defense Information Systems Agency has issued a request for information on cloud-based email, calendaring and associated services that are available commercially and based on industry best practices…

Deborah Golden Named Deloitte Federal Cyber Risk Services Lead

Deborah Golden, formerly principal at Deloitte, has been appointed as lead of the company’s federal cyber risk services. Deloitte saidTuesday Golden also serves as the lead principal for a federal government healthcare provider in addition to her role at Deloitte…

Robert Zitz of Leidos to Present on ‘Enabling Anticipatory Intell’ at ISR Automation Symposium

Robert Zitz, senior vice president and chief systems architect at Leidos, will be among the guest speakers at an upcoming gathering of security experts from industry, government and the academe. The executive’s remarks on Day 2 of the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Automation Symposium will focus on anticipatory intelligence, the technologies used to forecast/model global instability and enable governments to refine their intelligence and resource planning, Leidos said Tuesday…

September 22 Market Close: GovCon Index, US Stocks Plummet on Commodity Declines

The GovCon Index fell 1.366 percent to a Tuesday close of 71.366 — the Index’s fourth-lowest figure over the past three months and second-lowest for the month of September so far. All 30 Index companies, all 30 Dow Jones Industrial stocks and all 10 S&P 500 sectors ended Tuesday in negative territory and commodity prices decline across the board as well, according to Reuters…

Eagle Ray CEO Babs Doherty to Serve on PSC CEO Search Panel

Babs Doherty, president and CEO of information technology contractor Eagle Ray, has been selected to serve as a member of the CEO search committee of the Professional Services Council. Doherty will work with Anne Altman, general manager at IBM, in PSC’s efforts to find a successor for the trade group’s departing President and CEO Stan Soloway, Eagle Ray said Sept…