Thursday, December 1, 2011

Veteran Affairs

NOV 2011:  The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs of the State has purchased a First Response Water System from PureSafe Water Systems, Inc. The purchase of the system is part of an overall disaster response initiative implemented by the Governor of Alaska. The system will be delivered per contract in January 2012.

Nov 2011:  The Department of Veteran Affairs has selected Virtual Corporation’s Sustainable Planner® software program to manage and maintain over 100 disaster recovery and contingency plans. The program will support Business Continuity in within the Region 2 and 3 Interim Data Centers. 



NOV 2011:  The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded DFINE, Inc. a five-year Federal Supply Schedule contract.  According to the terms of the contract, DFINE will supply the StabiliT® Radiofrequency Targeted Vertebral Augmentation™ (RF-TVA) System and all related products to treat vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) to the V.A. system, representing 950 facilities throughout the country.

Nov 2011:  The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded By Light Professional IT Service Inc. a contract for the Omaha Regional Medical Center. By Light and team members World Wide Technology (WWT) and Ekahau will implement an Ekahau Real-Time Location Tracking System (RTLS) Sensor platform over a Cisco 802.11 Wireless network to automatically monitor and manage environmentally sensitive medications, supplies, foods, and other items in the VA Nebraska - Western Iowa Health Care System. The facilities covered by the award include the Omaha Nebraska VA Medical Center and seven Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) in Nebraska: Bellevue, Grand Island, Holdrege, Lincoln, Norfolk, North Platte, O’Neill, and one in Shenandoah, Iowa.