NOV 2011: The State of Kansas has awarded Accenture a five-year contract to develop and implement a new benefits eligibility system known as the Kansas Eligibility and Enforcement System (KEES). The new system will provide Kansas with greater integration across human service programs and better meet citizen needs by providing online access to human services and eligibility information as an alternative to office visits.
NOV 2011: The State of Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) has awarded Time Warner Cable Business Class a multi-year services contract with making the company’s suite of next generation network and internet solutions available to all state agencies.
The State of Texas DIR, through the Tex-AN network, provides statewide communications technology services to more than 600 state agencies, as well as institutions of higher education, public education, local government, and other publicly funded customers. As an approved Tex-AN Next Generation DIR vendor under the new contract, TWCBC will offer Internet, Ethernet, and SoHo remote access services for teleworking and branch office connectivity to help state organizations reduce costs and improve operations. NOV 2011: The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has awarded a new contract to MAXIMUS, a provider of government services worldwide, to provide enrollment broker services under the state’s BAYOU HEALTH Medicaid managed care program. The three-year, $11.9 million program is expected to launch in December 2011.
