Posts from GovConWire for 10/21/2015

General Dynamics Receives Defense Health Data Processing Task Order

General Dynamics has received a $23,206,146 task order from the Defense Health Agency to process and validate defense health information. General Dynamics Information Technology will develop data processing and information creation applications in support of military health system end users, the Defense Department said Tuesday…

Accenture to Refresh US Census Bureau’s Digital Service; Ed Meehan Comments

Accenture has been selected to update the U.S. Census Bureau’s digital services in order to help users gain access to information via the Census.gov website. Accenture Federal Services will provide tools for the Census Bureau’s work to transform digital communications, data dissemination and customer interactions, Accenture said Tuesday…

Brian Sinkiewicz Named Textron Systems SVP, Weapons & Sensors GM; Ellen Lord Comments

Brian Sinkiewicz, formerly vice president for precision weapons at Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) systems business, will assume the role of senior vice president and general manager of the company’s weapon and sensor systems business…

HHS Roadmap Seeks to Achieve Nationwide Health IT Interoperability by 2024; Karen DeSalvo Comments

The Department of Health and Human Services has issued a final document that details strategies on how to facilitate sharing of electronic health records and attain nationwide interoperability among health information technology systems by 2024…

Reports: Congress Seeks to Avert Default Before Proceeding on Budget Deal

House and Senate leaders want to put budget negotiations on hold until Congress approves an increase in the U.S. debt limit, Roll Call reported Tuesday. Niels Lesniewski writes Treasury Secretary Jack Lew informed Congress that the department will use extraordinary measures to help the government meet financial obligations through Nov 3…

HP’s Marilyn Crouther Wins 2015 NVTC Tech Executive of the Year Award

Marilyn Crouther, senior vice president and general manager of the U.S. public sector at HP Enterprise Services, has won the Tech Executive of the Year award from the Northern Virginia Technology Council…

October 20 Market Close: GovCon Index Neutral as Lockheed, UTC Kick Off 3Q Defense Earnings Season

The GovCon Index continued to reflect a narrow range of trading activity across U.S. stock markets Tuesday with a nominal decline of 0.052 points to 73.241 as Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and United Technologies Corp…

NIH, Wellcome Trust Launch Scientific Data Access Competition; Francis Collins Comments

The National Institutes of Health and London-based Wellcome Trust have jointly kicked off a science competition to solicit ideas on ways to help the public access scientific research data. NIH will select six teams to develop a prototype for the open science project based on the recommendations of a panel of experts, NIH said Tuesday…