Boston, MA, May, 2012 – Cambridge Public Schools has awarded PCG Education a contract to implement a Response to Intervention-Academic (RtI-A) module, to be integrated with the school district’s existing EasyIEP™ system. The project aims to provide systematic assistance to children who are having difficulty learning. The district will begin tracking student progress through the system at the start of the 2012-2013 school year. For more information, contact pcgeducation@publicconsultinggroup.com.

Boston, MA, May, 2012 – The Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission awarded PCG Human Services a contract to conduct an internal controls review. PCG will review procedures, analyzing the policies in place in similar agencies in MA and other states, and then help to develop enhanced controls and processes. For more information, contact pcghumanservices@publicconsultinggroup.com.

Sacramento, CA, May, 2012 – The State of Iowa has awarded a contract to PCG Technology Consulting (PCG TC) to perform Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) services for the Iowa Integrated Eligibility System Project (IIEP). This is PCG TC’s second recent IV&V award in Iowa, following a project award for the state’s Medicaid Management Information System. For more information, contact pcgtc@publicconsultinggroup.com.

Sacramento, CA, May, 2012 – Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has selected PCG Technology Consulting (PCG TC) to establish a “world Class” project management office (PMO) for the district’s enterprise. With nearly 700,000 students and 45,000 teachers, LAUSD is the largest school district in California and the second largest in the nation. The first phase of the project, scheduled for 11 months, will define all the standard project management processes, such as risk, issue, scope, governance, resource, training, status, and portfolio management plans. For more information, contact pcgtc@publicconsultinggroup.com.

Boston, MA, April, 2012 – The Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities has selected PCG Public Partnerships, LLC (PPL) to design and conduct statewide training, including national best practices for support brokers and other stakeholders involved in the state’s Self-Empowered Life Funding (SELF) waiver program. This represents PPL’s first project in Ohio. PPL supports consumer self direction programs in 20 other states. More information is available at ppl@publicconsultinggroup.com.

Phoenix, AZ, March, 2012 – The Scottsdale Unified School District in Arizona selected PCG Education as its Consultant to assess Internal Special Education Operations. The PCG team will provide an operational audit of Scottsdale’s special education department in the areas of staffing and cost containment, service delivery, and student outcomes. For more information, contact pcgeducation@publicconsultinggroup.com.

Washington, D.C., March 6,2012 – U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis recently announced a $12 million grant program through the Workforce Data Quality Initiative to help states build or expand longitudinal databases that link workforce and education data to improve understanding about the performance of workforce development programs among those who benefit from and make decisions about them.

Labor anticipates awarding roughly 12 grants of up to $1 million each, with the goal to fund initiatives that will “result in high-quality, long term data that will provide consumers, practitioners, and policymakers with comprehensive information about the relationship between education and workforce development programs,” according to Secretary Solis.

Read the full press release here: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-department-of-labor-announces-more-than-12-million-in-grants-available-to-states-to-improve-workforce-data-quality-139838433.html

Public Consulting Group’s PCG Human Services unit has significant experience in public sector employment and work force consulting services, with particular expertise in program design and development, program and statistical analysis, and employment services operations. More information is available at http://www.publicconsultinggroup.com/humanservices/WelfareToWork/index.html or by contacting pcghumanservices@publicconsultinggroup.com.

Sacramento, CA February 23, 2012 – Public Consulting Group (PCG) today announced that the Georgia Technology Authority (GTA), on behalf of the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) has awarded its PCG Technology Consulting (PCG TC) division a contract to carry out Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) on its Health Care Eligibility System project. This is a four-year contract for PCG in Atlanta that started in January, 2012.

Matt Brazier, Practice Area Director of PCG Technology Consulting, said, “This is a landmark project for Georgia and we at PCG are delighted to have been selected as the IV&V consultant. The contract is recognition of the hard work and dedication of the PCG TC team, as well as the rigorous processes and methodologies that we bring to each and every one of our projects across the country. We are looking forward to the next forty eight months supporting GTA and DCH on this exciting project.”

A unit of PCG, PCG Technology Consulting is a leading provider of IT consulting services to state and local government agencies, with more than 15 years in the field. PCG finds cost-effective ways to help its clients deliver successful IT systems that enhance the lives of the user base.

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Sacramento, CA, February, 2012 – The California Department of Transportation, owner and operator of the CA highway and freeway system, has awarded PCG Technology Consulting (PCG TC) a two-year Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) contract for its Construction Management System (CMS) project. The department currently administers highway construction contract payments totaling just over $2.1 billion per year. For more information, contact pcgtc@publicconsultinggroup.com.

Boston, MA, January, 2012 – The Hawai’I Department of Human Services MedQuest Division (Medicaid) has awarded a contract to PCG to assist the state in obtaining a new Medicaid eligibility system that is compliant with the requirements of the Affordable Care Act. The scope of work includes gathering and documenting Medicaid eligibility business processes and systems requirements, with an initial goal of replacing the legacy Medicaid eligibility system. PCG was also recently selected as Hawai’I’s Health Benefits Exchange consultant in a separate procurement. For more information, contact pcghealth@publicconsultinggroup.com.