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Agency News
| 2/1/2010 Social Security Awards Nearly $20 Million in Recovery Act Contracts For Electronic Medical Records Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today announced that 15 healthcare providers and networks have received $17.4 million in contract awards to provide electronic medical records to the agency. These electronic medical records, which will be sent through the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN), will significantly shorten the time it takes to make a disability decision and will improve the speed, accuracy, and efficiency of the disability program. Read more about $20M for Electronic Medical Records | | 7/31/2009 Social Security Administration's Funding for Electronic Medical Records System Reviewed
Of the $500 million in Recovery Act funding the Social Security Administration (SSA) received to administer disability and retirement payments, up to $40 million can be used for an electronic medical records system to process disability claims. SSA's Office of Inspector reviewed the agency's spending plan for the electronic records system and found that the plan met the requirements established by the Recovery Act and the guidelines issued by the Office of Management and Budget. The Office of Inspector General noted that the agency is planning to spend $24 million for contracts and projects related to electronic medical records technology by January, 2010 and recommended that once the $24 million is awarded, the agency reassess whether it could award additional contracts and, therefore, expend more of the $40 million allotted for this initiative.
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| | 6/29/2009 Social Security Administration Inspector General Issues Report on Strategic Planning for Information Systems The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided the Social Security Administration (SSA) $500 million for the replacement of SSA's National Computer Center (NCC) at Durham, NC. In assessing the Agency's future information system plans, the SSA Inspector General looked at the Agency's strategic plans for information technology (IT) strategic planning, disaster recovery, infrastructure issues, and NCC replacement strategy. The IG found that SSA needs to focus on (1) strengthening the IT strategic planning process; (2) identify ways to accelerate planning, constructing and operating the new data center; (3) develop contingency plans for addressing IT processing requirements and disaster recovery procedures in the event the Durham Support Center and/or the new data center are not operational within the scheduled timeframes; and (4) establish controls and a detailed strategy for timely maintenance, repairs, upgrades and replacement of critical IT infrastructure in the new data center to prevent the current situation at the NCC from recurring. Read More | |
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Last Updated 10/5/2012
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Data from Recipient Reports -
Updated Quarterly
States Receiving the Most Funds
State |
Amount
(02/17/09 - 10/16/2012)
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Maryland |
$29,521,396 |
Massachusetts |
$4,321,766 |
Iowa |
$3,856,525 |
Virginia |
$2,295,861 |
Ohio |
$1,884,821 |
Cities Receiving the Most Funds
City |
Amount
(02/17/09 - 10/16/2012)
|
Windsor Mill, MD |
$12,333,082 |
Bethesda, MD |
$10,782,894 |
Baltimore, MD |
$5,479,402 |
Franklin, MA |
$4,321,766 |
Iowa City, IA |
$3,856,525 |
Recipients Receiving the Most Funds
Recipient |
Award Amount
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
$8,487,500 |
EMC CORPORATION |
$3,987,766 |
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION |
$3,160,035 |
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION |
$3,160,035 |
C3T, INC. |
$1,944,525 |
Last Updated 9/19/2012