Deltek Senior Analyst Chris Cotner and Health Care/Social Services Analyst Kate Tussey report. The national healthcare debate has waxed and waned for decades, with the obvious recent history of Clinton’s failed foray and Obama’s push for national health care reform. Two main drivers behind the discussion are the rapidly rising cost of health care (HC)Read… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Kristin Howe reports. North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue recently announced that Secretary Reuben Young will lead the newly restructured Department of Public Safety. The new department will consist of three former departments: the Department of Corrections (headed by Alvin Keller), the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (currently headed by Linda Hayes),Read… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Derek Johnson reports. Most national vendors know New York probably ranks as one of the most private states in the country when it comes to divulging information about future contracting opportunities. While many states such as Virginia and Maryland are often happy to answer or even publicize upcoming opportunities, strict procurement laws inRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Kate Tussey reports. Hot off the press is the news of $185 million awarded to 13 states and the District of Columbia today under Level 1 Exchange Establishment grant funding. These grants are part of an ongoing series under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to assist states in designing and implementing health insuranceRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Evan Halperin reports. Last week, the Virginia Information Technology Agency (VITA) issued a solicitation for its statewide two-way radio requirement. The solicitation was a re-compete of a contract that inked in 2006 and is set to expire this year. VITA awarded contracts to six vendors from the previous solicitation and had been planningRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Aila Altman reports. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development – collectively the Southeast Consortium, or the Southeast Consortium for Unemployment Insurance Integration (SCUBI) – are collaborating to modernize legacy unemployment insurance (UI) systems. Tennessee is spearheading the effort on behalf of SCUBI with the recentRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Kate Tussey reports. Last week I attended the 2011 Medicaid management information system (MMIS) conference in Austin, Texas. Despite record-breaking heat, the conference was packed with innovators from across the country, all eager to discuss key initiatives and changes impacting the Medicaid space. As you can imagine, between the Affordable Care Act (ACA),Read… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Randi Powell reports. Florida is making the transition to centralized management of its IT services, systems and procurements. Introduced by Governor Rick Scott as one of his many efforts to aggressively cut costs, a bill handing IT procurement authority from the Department of Management Service’s (DMS) Division of Purchasing to the Agency forRead… Read more »
Deltek Senior Analysts Jeff Webster and Chris Cotner report. The business and government news has simply has not been good this year. Several states (e.g., California, New York, Texas, Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Minnesota) have experienced wide-ranging problems including budget deficits, significant budget cuts, state shutdowns, contract freezes, public employee layoffs, riots, andRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Kristin Howe reports. August 3, 2011 marked a huge technological leap forward for Durham, NC through the availability of the new “text-to-911” program. Durham is only the second location in the US to offer this service, which was made possible as a pilot program through the City’s Next Generation 911 (NG911) provider IntradoRead… Read more »