Press Room

In October RKV concluded a series of enhancements for the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which is Missouri’s Food Stamp Program to raising the levels of nutrition among low-income households. Many thanks to the team for this successful conclusion.

RKV will be exhibiting at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Training Conference to be held Nov 8–11 in Myrtle Beach. Kathy Burris, RKV’s Principal Corrections Specialist, will be available at the booth to discuss the latest in IT to support the corrections industry.  For more information about RKV’s work on Offender Management Systems, visit Our Domains and click on Justice and Public Safety.

Six deserving teachers each received an iPad2 from RKV Technologies in recognition of their achievement as Missouri Teachers of the Year.  The 2011-2012 Missouri Teacher of the Year, Kristen Merrell, and the five runners up, were honored for their contributions and dedication to their students during their Recognition Banquet at the Capitol Plaza in Jefferson City.

“RKV is proud to support the efforts of these educators by giving them technology tools that will help them increase their ability to reach every student in their classrooms,” said RKV President and CEO, Robert Myers.  Upon finding out that they would receive iPad2 devices at the ceremony, several sought out Mr. Myers to personally thank him.

Receiving their iPad2′s are this year’s Missouri Teachers of the Year and finalists from the left: Eric Cochran, Social Studies teacher at Lindbergh High School in St. Louis; Maria Stobbe, Communication Arts teacher, Kirkwood School District, Kirkwood, MO; Jeni DeFeo, Social Studies teacher, Jefferson City School District, Jefferson City, MO;  Kristen Merrell, winner of Missouri Teacher of the Year, a third grade teacher at Lee’s Summit Elementary School in Lee’s Summit, MO; Gina Johnson, science teacher at Raymore-Peculiar School District, Raymore, MO; Vicki Nelson, a special education teacher of the Special School District of St. Louis County, Ladue, MO; and Bob Myers, President and CEO, RKV Technologies.

The Missouri Teacher of the Year Program is managed by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education with major support from Boeing corporation.

On October 11, 2011, the RKV Team working at the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) observed the completion of its project to develop an enhancement for the Teacher Licensure system with a luncheon.

DESE’s Teacher Licensure system facilitates the certification process for individuals seeking licenses to teach in Missouri schools, automating the processing of 16 different applications and issues the corresponding certificates for educators, student services personnel, and administrators. The system also provides a means of tracking the fingerprinting and discipline of Missouri school personnel.

Want to know more about NCOMS?  Check out RKV at the 2011 Indiana Criminal Justice Association Annual Conference in Merrillville, Indiana.  On October 6th, RKV will have associates available to discuss the implementation of NCOMS, an open source Offender Management System.  If you are unable to catch us at the conference, send an email to contactus@rkvtechnologies.com and we can send you more information.

RKV exhibited at four different annual meetings of Corrections IT professionals in the latter part of 2011, spreading the word about our exciting work on developing NCOMS for the Missouri Department of Corrections in the context of our Corrections Practice’s 10-year record of successful projects:

• May 22–25 in our role as a software integrator vendor, we were one of the sponsors of the Corrections Technology Association (CTA) conference held in Daytona Beach, FL. The theme was “Global Corrections: Beyond the Barriers.”
• August 5–10 we were in Kissimmee, FL, attending the American Correctional Association (ACA) 141^st Congress of Correction in as exhibitors.
• September 21–23 we traveled all the way from Jefferson City to the Lake of the Ozarks to exhibit at the Missouri Correctional Association-Missouri Parole and Probation Officer Association (MCA-MPPOA). During the conference RKV Principal Corrections Specialist Kathy Burris was honored with an appointment to the Board of Directors of the ACA-MCA.
• October 4–7 we exhibited at the Indiana Criminal Justice Association (ICJA) meetings at the Radisson in Merrillville, IN.

For more information about RKV’s NCOMS implementation team, send an email to: contactus@rkvtechnologies.com.

RKV Associates are excited to learn that the ground breaking ceremony was held on September 28, 2011, for the new Ronald McDonald House in Columbia, MO. 

As previously posted, the outstanding Associates of RKV Technologies generously gave during a fundraising drive in December 2010 to help the charity achieve their goal of raising $1.2 million.  That is half of the charity’s goal for this project, but enough money to construct the main part of the house and one of the wings.  When the additional $1.2 million is raised a second wing will be constructed. 

Click here to see a drawing of the new home and more information about the RMHC building campaign.

RKV Associate, Kathy Burris, has accepted an invitation to join the Board of Directors of the American Corrections Association (ACA), Missouri Corrections Association.  Prior to joining RKV, Kathy was IT Director for the MO Department of Corrections and the MO Department of Public Safety and has over 27 years of Corrections experience.  Her contributions to the organization are well respected and recognized as she is the first vendor to be invited to serve on the board. The ACA offers member organizations support in the areas of Standards & Accreditation, Professional Certification, Government & Public Affairs, Training, Publishing and Research in the area of Corrections.

In August 2011, RKV was awarded a spot as a prequalified vendor to work on Transportation Applications Support for the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT). RKV expects to support KDOT in two areas: 1) Highway Construction, Maintenance, and Equipment Management and 2) Reporting and Other Support. We are very happy to add KDOT as a client to our Transportation practice.

RKV associates attended the annual IT Solutions Management for Human Services conference (the ISM), sponsored by the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA).   The August conference was attended by approximately 700 human services professionals and the vendor’s specializing in human services support were in attendance at this year’s meeting in beautiful downtown Austin, TX. Keeping updated on the latest trends was most important to those attending.  Presentations on current topics that impact Human Services ranged from healthcare reform to a federal panel on state systems.