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Industry Innovators
Accenture Federal Services
Patient-Generated Health Data
Accenture has used a variety
of investments to build its capability in the health care market with a special focus
on patient-generated health data. Those efforts include the acquisition of Agilex and ASM Research and alliances with the likes of Salesforce.
One result has been the creation of the Accenture Federal Digital Studio, which generated a $1 billion sales pipeline in its first year (2016).
The firm also worked closely with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT
to explore ways health care systems, research institutes and government agencies could collaborate to support the use of patient-generated health data. The team conducted
two pilot demonstrations and developed guidance for a more collaborative relationship between patients and clinicians.
Akamai Technologies
Akamai Enterprise Threat Protector
With cyberthreats growing more complex and varied, Akamai decided to offer its Enterprise Threat Protector to state governments at no charge as the 2018 midterm elections approached.
The solution tracks threats via a cloud-based security service and checks all outgoing recursive Domain Name System requests against a real-time,
constantly updated threat- tracking database.
The database uses artificial intelligence and cloud-based automation to track and update information on any threat
it detects, ensuring that all malicious IP addresses are accounted for should a request to connect be made.
By activating Enterprise Threat Protector, states are enhancing the security of their systems, which otherwise would have been prohibitively expensive for many.
The Ambit Group
The Food Buying Guide
The Food Buying Guide is a web and mobile application for the Agriculture Department’s Food and Nutrition Service that supports operators and food manufacturers working with child nutrition programs. The application helps determine the correct amount of food for meal programs and the requirements of individual children. It is Section 508-compliant and relies on Microsoft .NET, Microsoft SQL Server and the open-source Apache Cordova framework.
In developing the application, the Ambit Group identified nutritional standards for children and the risks of tailored sustenance programs. The company also realized that the current information — presented in PDFs — quickly went out of date so they designed the application to be updated easily and frequently. It also developed a recipe analysis workbook for desktop users.
Booz Allen Hamilton
District Defend
Booz Allen Hamilton has
taken several of its strongest attributes — a 100-year consulting legacy, deep customer relationships and an elite group of cybersecurity researchers and engineers — to develop a solution known as District Defend.
The company recognized the tension between the need for a highly secure environment and the productivity benefits of a mobile workforce. Therefore, District Defend provides automated policy enforcement, dynamic command and control, defense-in-depth architecture and mobile data protection.
It allows administrators
to track devices throughout facilities in real time and triggers alerts when devices are outside designated areas for too long. Device wipes can be automated, and the solution can designate what Booz Allen calls “dynamic use spaces” where security rules shift based on who is in the space or the work that is being done.
CGI Federal
Holistic Approach to Digital Transformation
Citizens have high expectations in the Digital Age and don’t understand why interacting with the government should
be more challenging than interacting with commercial entities. As a result, a key component of agencies’ digital transformation is improving
the customer experience to promote self-service.
CGI Federal takes a
holistic approach to digital transformation that goes beyond the right technology
to incorporate other elements such as cultural changes.
The company’s process
focuses on three key areas: strategy and organizational change, business and process transformation, and technology transformation.
The company’s holistic approach looks outside the organization to provide agencies with a clear picture of what successful organizations are doing and looks inside
the organization for potential transformations.
Chemonics International
Blockchain for Biodata Solution
In 2016, Chemonics International used internal resources to launch the Blockchain for Development Solutions Lab. The initiative represented the first concerted effort by an international development company in the U.S. to build, test and scale blockchain solutions. The
lab explores the technology’s potential to promote financial inclusion through digital economic identities, increase efficiency and visibility in global supply chains, and streamline back-office business processes.
With technology partner BanQu, the lab developed
a blockchain for biodata solution to verify data on the
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