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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I

20200921D
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 560
Offered August 24, 2020
Commending Qlarion, Inc.
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Patron-- Reid
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WHEREAS, Qlarion, Inc., a professional services firm in Reston dedicated to enhancing government agencies through data-driven analytics, has played an outsized role in the Commonwealth’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic; and

WHEREAS, in 2019, with support from Qlarion, the Commonwealth launched the Framework for Addiction Analysis and Community Transformation (FAACT) platform, enabling various state agencies and services affected by the opioid epidemic to coordinate data and share resources; and

WHEREAS, following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Qlarion assisted efforts to expand FAACT to track data related to the virus, safely streamlining the dissemination of valuable health information so that state leaders could make timely and informed decisions; and

WHEREAS, the technological infrastructure and legal framework established by Qlarion’s FAACT platform was essential to the Commonwealth’s ability to coordinate between state agencies and respond to this complex and ever-changing public health crisis in a swift and comprehensive manner; and

WHEREAS, the near real-time data provided within FAACT enables the Commonwealth to quickly identify hospitals in need of supplies and pharmaceuticals, hospitals and regions with surge capacity, and locations with virus outbreaks, providing an invaluable, up-to-date assessment of the pandemic; and

WHEREAS, through its innovative and effective data sharing platform, Qlarion has strengthened the Commonwealth’s ability to protect its citizens from the opioid epidemic, the COVID-19 pandemic, and any future public health crises that may arise; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Qlarion, Inc., a professional services firm that specializes in data-driven solutions for government agencies, hereby be commended for its role in the Commonwealth’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Jake Bittner, chief executive officer of Qlarion, Inc., as an expression of the House of Delegates’ admiration for the company’s service on behalf of the Commonwealth.