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- EDS Names Frank Chechile to Lead Saber Government Solutions (27 May 2008)
- PORTLAND, Ore. – Frank Chechile, a longtime EDS executive who has led major applications delivery efforts for global clients, today was appointed chief executive officer of Saber Government Solutions, EDS’ non-health care U.S. state and local government subsidiary with operations in more than 40 states.
- EDS Returns to Georgia with $391 Million Medicaid Win (29 Apr 2008)
- ATLANTA – EDS, the recognized leader in providing health care support to state governments, has been awarded a seven-year, $391 million contract by the state of Georgia to design, develop and implement a new-generation Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS).
- Flemish Public Employment Service Selects EDS For New Infrastructure Management Contract (10 Apr 2008)
- PLANO, Texas and BRUSSELS, Belgium – EDS today announced the Flemish Public Employment Service (VDAB) agency has selected EDS as its new partner to manage its information communication technology (ICT) infrastructure. The contract has a six-year term and is worth approximately €50 million (US$74 million).
- EDS Selected for U.S. General Services Administration Contact Center Program (20 Mar 2008)
- EDS today announced it has been selected by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to provide call center services for all federal government agencies under the newly awarded USA Contact contract. EDS is one of nine companies that may compete for task orders under the $2.5 billion Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract.
- EDS Agrees To Acquire Saber Corporation, a Leading Provider of U.S. State and Local Government Software and Solutions (13 Nov 2007)
- PLANO, Texas – EDS today announced it has agreed to purchase an approximate 93 percent equity interest in Saber Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of software and services to U.S. state governments, from various sellers, including majority shareholder Accel-KKR, for approximately $420 million in cash.
- EDS Awarded $33.2 Million Contract To Create Comprehensive Tax System For Kentucky (06 Sep 2007)
- HERNDON, Virginia – EDS has been awarded a three-year contract to develop the Kentucky Comprehensive Tax System that will automate the Commonwealth’s tax administration and collections functions for the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s Department of Revenue, Finance and Administration Cabinet. The contract is valued at $33.2 million if two additional option years are exercised.
- Offender Assessment System (27 Aug 2007)
- To enable information sharing across the national prison system of England and Wales, EDS armed Her Majesty's Prison Service (HMPS) with a centralised, streamlined IT infrastructure. This, along with a pioneering “joined-up justice” Offender Assessment System (OAS's) and a state-of-the art data center, helps reduce the risk of repeat offenses.
- EDS Celebrates 45 Years of Growth, Innovation (27 Jun 2007)
- In the 1960s, COBOL computer language was nascent, magnetic tapes and punch cards were mainstream technology, and it took 12 flat bed trucks to carry a computer with only 64 kilobytes of memory.
- Defense Supply Center Gets One-Stop Support (22 Mar 2007)
- During the past nine years, EDS has helped the Defense Supply Center Richmond develop a command-wide 24x7 help desk, providing technical expertise in information assurance (IA), administering systems on various platforms, and providing legacy system management leading to modernization efforts.
- Improved Services for Michigan’s Citizens (07 Mar 2007)
- The Michigan Department of State (MDOS), Department of Information Technology (DIT), and EDS have formed a three-way partnership to modernize the MDOS application and integrate exciting new technology into MDOS' business. The goal of the initiative is to enhance customer service and improve data accuracy for Michigan’s citizens.
- EDS To Establish National Center of Excellence for Electronic Health Records in Rhode Island (22 Jan 2007)
- PROVIDENCE, R.I. – EDS today announced it has chosen Rhode Island as the site for its National Center of Excellence for the development and enhancement of systems to support electronic health records across the country.
- EDS Awarded $91.7 Million Kansas Medicaid Extension to Provide Fiscal Agent Services into 2011 (18 Jan 2007)
- HERNDON, Va. – EDS, the recognized national leader in providing Medicaid services to states, has been awarded a $91.7 million contract extension to continue providing fiscal agent services to the state of Kansas. The contract was awarded to EDS at the end of the fourth quarter of 2006.
- EDS Helps BreastCare Program Fight Cancer (30 Nov 2006)
- EDS has helped the Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health, with pioneering their BreastCare program since 1999. Since that time, the program, which manages more than 128,000 calls per year, has provided services to more than 39,000 women.
- Florida Agency Taps EDS for IT Consulting Contract (09 Oct 2006)
- The Florida Department of Management Services has selected EDS to help provide cost-effective IT services to all state and local government agencies in Florida over the next three years.