Greg Gershman
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Ad Hoc joins IronArch Technology to launch Peregrine Digital Services, a new joint venture built to help the government better serve people
Through Peregrine, Ad Hoc and IronArch will have the ability to build on our years of experience supporting agencies as they modernize their platforms while providing better services to the public.
Ad Hoc acquires Cascades Technologies, LLC
Today, Ad Hoc closed a deal to acquire Cascades Technologies, LLC, a federal IT company with decades of experience providing critical IT services to a broad range of federal agencies.
A path to transforming the nation’s unemployment insurance systems
The time is ripe to rethink how the nation’s unemployment systems, many of which still rely on manual and paper-based processes, can be improved through new technology and approaches.
How to make vaccination an efficient and equitable process
Let’s talk about how governments can change course to create a vaccination process that improves equity and takes the burden of finding appointments off of individuals.
How agencies can scale up digital services in the wake of COVID-19
Every agency, from federal to local, needs to envision a way they can serve their constituents with as little in-person contact as possible.
Ad Hoc, Fearless, and Ellumen win contract to continue support of Blue Button 2.0
The Blue Button 2.0 program is a pivotal part of the move towards a more interoperable healthcare system that will give people more control over their healthcare data.
Ad Hoc statement on Black lives matter
We at Ad Hoc denounce police violence, intimidation, and oppression, which is antithetical to a free, equitable democracy.
Ad Hoc wins contract to continue support of HealthCare.gov
Ad Hoc is honored by CMS’s continued trust in our team, and we’re thrilled to continue putting our team’s skills towards creating an intuitive and reliable experience for people signing up for healthcare.
Ad Hoc wins contracts to continue support of Veteran digital services
Recently, Ad Hoc and our prime contractor partners at Oddball and GovernmentCIO won two contracts from the Department of Veterans Affairs to support the VA’s Veteran-Facing Services Applications and Platform programs.
The 21st Century IDEA Act Playbook Part 3: Customized, mobile-friendly experiences
Today, we’ll finish up the first section of the IDEA Act with the final two requirements for public websites and digital services.
The 21st Century IDEA Act Playbook Part 2: Search, security, and serving users
In this section, I’ll continue looking at the IDEA Act’s new requirements for public websites and digital services, including a deep dive into what it means to design services around the needs of your users.
The 21st Century IDEA Act Playbook Part 1: Accessibility, appearance, and overlap
Reading the IDEA Act, I saw much of how Ad Hoc works with our customers on government digital services. I thought it would be helpful to share our experience in implementing these kinds of digital services.
Three Ad Hoc-supported projects win FedHealthIT awards
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services won for their work on the Beneficiary Claims Data API and the Federally Facilitated Marketplace Cloud Migration, while the Department of Veterans Affairs won for Lighthouse, their API program.
Successful procurements are built on strong relationships
My theory is that a more relationship-based approach would better enable the government to have success on technology procurements than the seemingly distant and transactional relationship that appears to often exist in traditional procurement.
Ad Hoc receives Contractor of the Year award
The awards recognize leadership, innovation, and commitment to excellence among contractors, executives, and program partners in the Greater Washington, DC, area.
Award: CMS Medicare Coverage Tools
Recently Ad Hoc was awarded a task order from The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for Medicare Coverage Tools. The program centers around developing a replacement for the current Medicare Plan Finder.
Trends at HIMSS 2018: Giving people control of their data
It's clear that data, and making it available and usable, is an acute challenge facing the industry.
The launch of the Quality Payment Program website
Today marks a milestone for our Quality Payment Program Front End Development Services program — the public launch of the submission system for clinicians in the Quality Payment Program.
Ad Hoc partners with Fearless on CMS Blue Button
Ad Hoc is supporting our partner, Fearless, to make Blue Button even more useful to more people. Blue Button is one of the earliest modern examples of creating government technology that empowers people to make decisions based on data.
This is a test
Details have emerged as to just how bad the bad design was that led to the false ballistic missile alert in Hawaii last weekend.
Ideas for creating mobile applications for Veterans
Recently, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs released a Request for Information looking for ideas in how to create mobile applications for Veterans. Here's a summary of our response.
Ad Hoc and DHS FLASH
In November 2016, Ad Hoc was one of small group of companies selected as awardees on the Department of Homeland Security's FLASH (FLexible Agile Support for the Homeland) contract.
Current state of Ad Hoc
As a follow-up to our report on our Retreat, here is a quick update on the current state of Ad Hoc.