[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 195 (Friday, October 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 62407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25429]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Office of Administration; Single-Source Cooperative Agreement 
Award; Announcing the Award a Single-Source Cooperative Agreement to 
the Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Lab (APL) and School of 
Public Health, To Support the Development of a Human Services National 
Interoperable Architecture

AGENCY: Office of Information Services, OA, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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    CFDA Number: 93.647.
    Legislative Authority: This award will be made pursuant to the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) [Pub. L. 111-148] and 
the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 [Pub. L. 
111-204].
    Amount of Award: $1,500,000.
    Project Period: September 17, 2010 through September 16, 2011.

SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of 
Administration (OA), Office of Information Services (OIS) announces the 
award of a single-source cooperative agreement to the Johns Hopkins 
University (JHU), Applied Physics Lab (APL) and School of Public 
Health, in Baltimore, MD, to support the development of a Human 
Services National Interoperable Architecture. Under the award, APL will 
develop an architectural framework that will be used as a model to 
facilitate State and local agencies in information exchanges among 
eligibility and verification services that are developed by the HHS/
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the requirements 
of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).
    To address issues related to implementation of the ACA and the 
Improper Payments and Recovery Act of 2010, the Administration has 
directed Agencies to begin to design and execute plans related to the 
legislation. Under ACA, CMS has been directed to create a technical 
solution that enables health-related eligibility and enrollment 
functions and to ensure that the human services agencies can use the 
solutions for human services eligibility and verification 
determination. Under the Improper Payments and Recovery Act of 2010, 
Agencies must design and begin the execution of plans to eliminate 
improper payments and fraud.
    JHU will create the development of a conceptual information 
technology architecture with ACF/Office of Information Services. The 
project will produce a solution that supports information exchanges and 
interoperability that will lead to reductions in improper payments as a 
preventative step in the program integrity process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Jenkins, Federal Project 
Officer, Office of Administration, Office of Information Services, 
Administration for Children and Families, 901 D Street, SW., 3rd Floor 
West, Washington, DC 20047; E-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a9edc8dfc0cd87e3ccc7c2c0c7dae9c8cacf87c1c1da87cec6df"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbffdacdd2df95f1ded5d0d2d5c8fbdad8dd95d3d3c895dcd4cd">[email protected]</span></a>; 
Telephone: (202) 690-5802.

    Dated: October 1, 2010.
Michael Curtis,
Director, Office of Information Services.
[FR Doc. 2010-25429 Filed 10-7-10; 8:45 am]
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