HHS agencies embracing holistic views of citizens

Gary Fuquay
Gary Fuquay|August 31, 2011

I recently attended the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) Conference in Austin, Texas.  The MMIS conference is an annual event for federal and state HHS agencies to share programmatic and technology initiatives in Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs (CHIP). While I have attended numerous MMIS conferences in the past, I [...]

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Data: The financial crisis’ silver lining

Paula Henderson
Paula Henderson|February 14, 2011

Brian Whittington mentioned last month that government is innovating, and at great speed. Based on what I’ve seen in our line of work with state and local governments around the country in the past year, I have to agree. In the face of today’s daunting fiscal challenges, state and local [...]

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Innovation in Government: A 2011 refresher

Brian Whittington
Brian Whittington|January 4, 2011

Most people don’t think about government when they hear the word “innovation”, but it’s happening, and has been since long before “The Great Recession.” However, the current economic conditions have certainly moved things along. Government responds very similarly to private industry when faced with challenges. SAS manages to do relatively [...]

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The best outcomes? Depends on who you are

Chuck Ellstrom
Chuck Ellstrom|December 23, 2010

Many years ago I served as the program manager for the NC Alternative Fuel Vehicles program. The goal of the program was to promote the usage of various vehicle types that were alternatives to gasoline powered vehicles. One of the main programs in this set of grants was the Clean [...]

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