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AFGE Statement on Passage of Continuing Resolution

2013-03-21 16:24:32

WASHINGTON, March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. today issued the following statement regarding passage of legislation funding the federal government through the end of September: "The continuing resolution passed by the House and Senate is a mixed blessing. It ensures the federal government will remain open for the rest of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. Yet without new budget authority, most...

Serco Processes 2 Millionth Patent Application for U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

2013-03-18 12:21:10

RESTON, Va., March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Serco Inc., a leading provider of professional, technology, and management services to the federal government, announced today that their Pre-Grant Publication (PGPubs) Classification Services team recently processed their 2 millionth patent application for the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). Each application was also processed within the contractually required 28-day window. USPTO is the government agency that grants U.S....

Binary Group Appoints David P. Stephens to President and COO

2013-03-15 16:23:24

Former Savi Technology CEO tapped to expand revenue growth and customer base ARLINGTON, Va., March 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Binary Group, an award-winning and leading provider of technology solutions, training, and consulting services to the Federal Government, announced the appointment of David Stephens to President and Chief Operating Officer. Stephens is responsible for strategy and execution, directing the overall sales, operations, and development of the company's solutions...

CRGT Appoints New Chief Financial Officer Chuck Cosgrove

2013-03-14 08:32:52

RESTON, Va., March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CRGT Inc., a leading provider of full life cycle IT services and expert in IT solutions for the Federal Government, today announced the appointment of Chuck Cosgrove as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In this role, Mr. Cosgrove will oversee the Finance, Accounting, Contracts, Legal, IT, Program Control and Quality Management departments for the company out of the main office in Reston, Virginia. "We have completed three...

WestJet releases statement in response to federal decision

2013-03-13 12:23:27

Pension decision should mark end of era for special treatment of Air Canada CALGARY, March 13, 2013 /CNW/ - WestJet today responded to the federal government's decision to extend Air Canada's pension funding arrangement. "While we recognize this has been a difficult decision for the government, we are disappointed with this announcement," said Gregg Saretsky, WestJet President and CEO. "We are supportive of a strong and competitive aviation industry in Canada. To that end, we...

Americans See Technology as Solution for Government To Do More with Less, Red River Survey Finds

2013-03-12 08:33:26

Citizens Cite Teleworking as a Worthy Investment CLAREMONT, N.H., March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As spending dominates the dialogue on Capitol Hill, Americans are nearly unanimous in the belief that the federal government needs to reduce its expenses, with the vast majority believing that technology is a catalyst for allowing government to do more with less, according to a new survey released by Red River, a leading federal information technology (IT) services provider....

Advanced Radiology Consultants Use MedInformatix RIS to Achieve Near 100 Percent Attestation Rate for Stage 1 Meaningful Use

2013-03-07 12:27:12

Thirty Radiologists Set to Receive Incentive Bonuses for Meeting Federal Government Objectives in 2012 TRUMBULL, Conn., March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Supported by the MedInformatix Radiology Information System (RIS), Advanced Radiology Consultants, LLC, maintains its leading edge in the federal effort to improve the quality of patient care through wider use of electronic health records. The practice was one of the first two radiology practices nationwide to satisfy Stage 1...

Federal Government Targets Small, Mid-sized Practices for Probes of Patient Privacy Violations

2013-03-05 12:28:08

NORWALK, Conn., March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica US announces that the federal government has stepped up enforcement of healthcare privacy laws, creating difficulties for small and mid-sized medical practices that are trying to keep up with the regulations, according to Physicians Practice, America's Leading Business Journal for Physicians. Laws including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) are designed to protect the privacy of patient...

AITHERAS, LLC Partners with The Collingwood Group and Motivity Solutions to Become Exclusive Value Added Reseller of NW-Insight Tool to Federal Government

2013-03-05 08:38:53

WASHINGTON, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AITHERAS, LLC, an 8(a), Small Disadvantaged Business headquartered in Rockville, MD, offers a wide range of enterprise consulting solutions tailored to the document management, digitization, application integration and database management needs of both government and industry clients. Partnering with the Collingwood Group, a top mortgage industry advisory firm and Motivity Solutions, a leading business intelligence provider, AITHERAS is now...

Thompson and Little, LLC Receives GSA Schedule in a Record of 8 Weeks and will Expand Sales to US School Systems and Federal Government

2013-02-27 23:04:00

New technology on GSA Schedule for making pure water from air with Thompson and Little, LLC Fayetteville, NC (PRWEB) February 27, 2013 G and E Advisor is pleased to announce that their client Thompson and Little, LLC has been awarded a GSA Schedule Contract number GS-07F0417Y and is now certified to provide goods and services to the Federal Government. Acknowledging the growth in federal spending through the General Services Administration (GSA), Thompson and Little has placed their...