Customer Spotlight: GMIS 2010 International Conference

Cpak attended and sponsored the GMIS 2010 International Conference in Atlanta, Georgia August 1-4, 2010. The International GMIS Conference provides an opportunity to network with peers in the government IT industry, learn from the experience of others, and hear from experts in interesting subject areas.   The theme was Getting IT Green in Georgia and

Cpak not only came prepared with green solutions, but also green hair!   Our green solutions focused on Virtualization, the HP Trade & Save program, and Getac rugged laptop solutions.  For more information on any of these solutions and products, please contact your Cpak representative today!  

Pictured above from Left to Right are:  Kim Henderson (Cpak), Judy Wilson (Carl Vinson Institute of Government at The University of Georgia), Karen Knight (City of Douglasville), and Johnathan Hulsey (Cpak).

Hot Topic: HITECH Act Ramps Up HIPPA Compliance Requirements

Among tax cuts and credits, more bailout fund requirements, and restrictions on executive pay packages, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) also includes a section that expands the reach of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and introduces the first federally mandated data breach notification requirement.
 
Title XIII of ARRA, also known as the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), reserves $22 billion to "advance the use of health information technology" -- in large part so the U.S. will be able to move to e-health records by President Obama's 2014 deadline.
 
It also expands the reach of HIPAA data privacy and security requirements to include the "business associates" of those entities (health care providers, pharmacies, and the like) that are subject to HIPAA. Business associates, according to Goodwin Procter attorney Jacqueline Klosek, are companies like accounting firms, billing agencies, law firms or others that provide services to the entities covered under HIPAA.

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