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Highlighting that CGI Group announced it will offer CGI's Computer Assisted Collection System for Government and Oracle Enterprise Taxation and Policy Management to government departments to reduce total cost of ownership. The article notes that Computer Assisted Collection System for Government and Oracle Enterprise Taxation and Policy Management deliver a modern tax infrastructure that supports government tax administration on a modern, service oriented architecture, reducing total cost of ownership. The article also includes comments from Andre Van Der Post, global director for tax solutions and strategy, Oracle Tax Global Business Unit noting that Oracle provides a robust tax accounting and policy automation solution and offers additional collections and compliance capabilities that provide significant value to customers.

Article highlighting how Oracle is positioning itself as a leading cloud service provider to federal government clients tasked with major IT initiatives that include moving to the cloud with tight or declining budgets. The article includes comments from Oracle Public Sector's Peter Doolan's keynote address at a government IT conference, suggesting that service-oriented model Oracle is trying to bring to its database offerings could resonate with federal clients who are being asked to undertake major IT initiatives while seeing their budgets decline. Oracle's holistic cloud offering would eliminate the multiple vendors commonly involved in cloud deployments today, a streamlining that should translate into lower costs for customers, which might particularly resonate with federal CIOs. The article also notes that Oracle announced its cloud advancements at the recent Oracle OpenWorld conference.

The Aug. 29 edition of Government Computer News includes the following article highlighting new Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) specifications are designed to simplify cloud infrastructure management and ensure workloads can be easily relocated among differing cloud environments. The article notes that cloud infrastructure management interface (CIMI) has broad industry support, with companies such as Oracle submitting application programming interfaces as consideration for the standard in support of CIMI v1.0.

The July 26 edition of Government Computer News includes the following article highlighting the results of Oracle Utilities' "From Overload to Impact: An Industry Scorecard on Big Data Business Challenges" report. The article notes that 93 percent of the public sector executives surveyed say they are collecting and managing more business information today than two years ago. The article also notes that the public sector organizations say they lost on average 11 percent of their annual budget, or $60.5 million, as a result of not being able to fully leverage the information they collected.

Highlighting that Oracle announced its solution for health insurance exchanges that provides state governments with the functionality and services required to help ensure health insurance exchange success. The article notes that the Oracle solution enables state governments to phase in additional programs as requirements or legislation changes and supports key Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology guidance. The article also includes comments from Mark Johnson, senior vice president, Oracle Public Sector noting that Oracle offers a robust solution which consists of proven technologies that are architected to work together, and include the necessary capabilities to deliver a successful program.

Highlighting the executive profile of Mark Johnson, senior vice president, Oracle Public Sector. The article notes Johnson oversees all sales and marketing operations of the company's software for federal governments, as well as the Canadian government.

Highlighting that Oracle has been issued a "strong positive" rating from Gartner, Inc. in the analyst's "MarketScope for Local Government CRM Products." The article notes that the report compares the offerings of nine providers of CRM commercial off-the-

Article discussing how semantic technology is now finding a greater role in a practical-minded government project, National Information Exchange Model (NIEM). The article includes comments from Peter Doolan, vice president and chief technology officer, O

The Oct. 28 edition of Governing include the following San Jose Mercury News syndicated article highlighting how some of Silicon Valley's legendary companies, including Oracle, are embracing cloud. The article quotes Larry Ellison, executive chairman and chief technology officer, Oracle, and Shawn Price, senior vice president, Oracle, who discuss Oracle's cloud transformation, noting that Oracle is deploying its cloud services in 19 data centers in 14 different countries for an increase in data center capacity.

The June 29 edition of GCN includes an article highlighting how government agencies develop mobile applications and the importance of taking back-end infrastructure into consideration. The article notes that Riverside, Calif. operates a set of back-end systems using Oracle's Siebel customer relationship management (CRM) tool. Riverside's Chief Innovation Officer Lea Deesing is quoted discussing the benefits of the Oracle tool.

The June 29 edition of GCN includes an article highlighting how government agencies develop mobile applications and the importance of taking back-end infrastructure into consideration. The article notes that Riverside, Calif. operates a set of back-end systems using Oracle's Siebel customer relationship management (CRM) tool. Riverside's Chief Innovation Officer Lea Deesing is quoted discussing the benefits of the Oracle tool.

The Sept. 2 edition of Channelnomics includes the following article highlighting that the U.S. Department of Defense granted Oracle an Authority to Operate with its selection of Oracle Service Cloud. The article quotes David Vap, group vice president of Oracle Service Cloud, who discusses how the Oracle Service Cloud will provide government agencies with improved efficiency and security.

The Sept. 2 edition of Channelnomics includes the following article highlighting that the U.S. Department of Defense granted Oracle an Authority to Operate with its selection of Oracle Service Cloud. The article quotes David Vap, group vice president of Oracle Service Cloud, who discusses how the Oracle Service Cloud will provide government agencies with improved efficiency and security.

The Sept. 10 edition of SearchOracle includes the following article highlighting the announcement of Oracle's new data center opening in Canada. The article quotes Mario Meroni, area vice president for Oracle Canada Public Sector, who discusses how the data center address concerns over data residency and data sovereignty by giving public sector organizations the opportunity to maintain government data within Canadian borders.

The Sept. 10 edition of SearchOracle includes the following article highlighting the announcement of Oracle's new data center opening in Canada. The article quotes Mario Meroni, area vice president for Oracle Canada Public Sector, who discusses how the data center address concerns over data residency and data sovereignty by giving public sector organizations the opportunity to maintain government data within Canadian borders.

Highlighting that Oracle has been issued a "strong positive" rating from Gartner, Inc. in the analyst's "MarketScope for Local Government CRM Products." The article notes that the report compares the offerings of nine providers of CRM commercial off-the-

The Oct. 22 edition of GCN includes the following article highlighting the Pennsylvania's Treasury Department financial system upgrade. The article notes that the Treasury uses Oracle's PeopleSoft Financials to handle cost-payable processes and Oracle Governance, Risk and Compliance for audit analytics and forensic analysis on payment processes. The article also quotes Sid Sinha, Oracle's senior director of application development, who discusses how auditors can adapt the technology.

The Oct. 22 edition of GCN includes the following article highlighting the Pennsylvania's Treasury Department financial system upgrade. The article notes that the Treasury uses Oracle's PeopleSoft Financials to handle cost-payable processes and Oracle Governance, Risk and Compliance for audit analytics and forensic analysis on payment processes. The article also quotes Sid Sinha, Oracle's senior director of application development, who discusses how auditors can adapt the technology.

The Nov. 28 edition of CIO Today includes the follow article announcing Oracle's Enterprise Taxation and Policy Management Self Service solution. The article notes that the Oracle solution provides governments with a cost-effective way to become more interactive with and more responsive to the citizens. The article includes comments from Oracle's Mark Johnson, noting that the solution will ultimately strengthen the tax and revenue authority or taxpayer relationship.