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Microsoft | August 04, 2020

In one of the crazier news stories (and in 2020, that is saying something), President Donald Trump said today during a media availability event that in order for the U.S. government to sign off on a potential Microsoft/TikTok deal, “a very substantial portion of that price is going to have to come into the Treasury of the United States,” based on my colleague Alex Wilhelm’s rough transcript....

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Ventech Solutions | May 25, 2022

Ventech Solutions, Inc. has been recognized in the 2022 FedHealthIT Innovation Awards for its support of the 1135 Waiver/Flexibility Request and Public Health Emergency Inquiry Helpdesk Tool for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ). Nominated and selected by a panel of current and former federal and industry leaders from across the federal IT sector, these programs are chosen for driving technology innovation and res...

Intact | August 19, 2020

Intact, a Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (‘CSP’) Direct Reseller certified as Authorized Azure Government and Commercial, today announced that the company has secured a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) IT Schedule 70 services contract through its partnership with CenturyLink. This five-year federal supply contract will allow Intact to deliver its ReAccess® and PowerLine™ cloud services solutions to federal, state and local government agencies in an expedited, c...

Tech Crunch | June 23, 2020

President Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily halting work visas like the H-1B visa program for highly-skilled workers, cutting off a critical source of foreign labor for tech companies already complaining about tech talent shortages. Visa-holders already in the U.S. and those applicants who have already received a visa are exempt from the ban. The restrictions are intended to last until the end of the year, which would disrupt the government’s typical process of awarding ne...