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Applied Sciences Granted $516K for App

 by David Bertola

 Friday, June 17, 2011

 Applied Sciences Group   Applied Sciences Group Latest from The Business Journals People on the Move: Feb. 16Small biz can get in on tax creditsSmall-biz event to double attendance Follow this company  of Buffalo has been awarded a $516,495 federal contract from the Department of Veteran Affairs to develop an Android application for the Samsumg Galaxy tablet.

The app will allow VA field agents to securely collect health and quality of life information on homeless veterans.

Currently, agents use paper forms and re-enter data when they return to their offices.

Applied Sciences already began work on the app, which is not being developed for the iPad. It should be completed by February, 2012.

The app will be deployed in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Watertown, N.Y. and either Falling Waters, W.Va. or Austin, Texas, before being rolled out nationwide.