Massachusetts to Build Web-Based WIC System

The commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Health will develop a new Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Web-based system to serve the state's more than 127,000 WIC participants. The new system will upgrade the state's WIC automation capabilities, incorporating many of the efficiencies available in modern technologies, thus providing better, more efficient service to WIC participants.

CIBER won the contract and has designed solutions for numerous states, including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Louisiana, North Dakota and Iowa

For the project, CIBER will provide custom application development, including requirements and design analysis, construction, testing and implementation support. The project is unique in that the system must meet strict open source standards required by the Commonwealth Standards Board, so it is not dependent on any one vendor's proprietary software or operating system. The resulting system will be the nation's first WIC system built using Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) technology.

"CIBER's experience with WIC programs and CIBER's successful track record were significant factors for us in selecting them for this project," said Mary Kelligew Kassler, WIC Director, Massachusetts Department of Public Health. "Because we want a solution that is independent of proprietary software, we needed someone who could provide solid J2EE experience as well as proven WIC experience -- not just technological expertise. CIBER provided what we were looking for."