Florida city taps Tyler for financial, payroll software

Tyler Technologies won a contract with the City of North Miami to deliver a software and services package,including the company's EDEN financials products.

Aquilent lands VA content management deal

Aquilent Inc. has been awarded a Veterans Affairs Department task order to establish an integrated content strategy framework for its Enterprise Content Management System.

Some ? not all ? state CIOs pitch in on health IT issues

While a number of state CIOs are active in crafting and monitoring health care information technology initiatives, some are not involved directly in such endeavors, according to a new report.

Sun opens Java

Sun Microsystems Inc. will post the source code to various pieces of Java over the next few months at Java.net.

Warfighting IT tops Marines' agenda: Huly

The demand for warfighting technology in the Marine Corps will not decrease any time soon because the war on terrorism is a long-term endeavor, regardless of who controls Congress, according to Lt. Gen. Jan Huly.

Justice mulling bids for case management system

The Justice Department plans to award contracts worth as much as $950 million over six years to succeed the expiring Mega 2 litigation case management system pacts.

Vista OS released

The next generation of Microsoft's Windows operating system is now in the hands of computer makers.

ManTech stands up info security product group

ManTech International Corp. has completed the spin-out of its NetWitness information security product group. The new venture will consist of the core product team from the ManTech?NetWitness group. ManTech will maintain an ownership stake in the new company.

SRA receives USDA school lunch supply chain deal

SRA Inc. has been awarded a contract from the Agriculture Department for the development and implementation of a Web-based Supply Chain Management System to replace the current one.

L-1 gets Fla. fingerprint processing under its thumb

Needing help processing more than 70,000 applications annually, the Florida Financial Services Department has tapped L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. to put in place a fingerprint processing network for insurance agents.

QuadraMed to overhaul VA centers' billing systems

QuadraMed Corp. will provide the Department of Veteran Affairs' medical centers with a shot in the arm through a contract to improve inpatient and outpatient coding.

Air Force re-ups Lockheed Martin for virtual training

Lockheed Martin won a contract modification from the Air Force to continue furnishing technological and simulation support for its virtual combat training facility.

Interoperability is the focus of Microsoft Novell partnership

Many industry observers agree that the partnership between Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. could potentially benefit the shops that run a mixture of Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems.

CACI to support Air Force medical logistics

The Air Force tapped CACI International Inc. to support its automated information system for medical logistics and facilities management and maintenance for military personnel worldwide.

HUD seeks modernized financial-management system

The Housing and Urban Development Department is conducting a public-private competition for system integration and hosting at a shared-services center for the HUD Integrated Financial Management Improvement Project.

ITT chosen for DISA's Joint Spectrum Center support deal

ITT Corp. has been awarded a contract to support the Defense Information Systems Agency's Joint Spectrum Center.

Maximus, TekMethods form asset management team

TekMethods LLC has struck a partnership with Maximus Inc. to pursue asset management opportunities together across all levels of government.

USPS site is much more than just a presence on the Web

Today, the USPS Web site <a href="http://www.usps.com"><u>www.usps.com</u></a> has gone from being merely a Web presence to a services portal handling financial transactions, generating $425 million in gross revenues in fiscal 2006.

IRS' maps out IT modernization

The IRS announced Tuesday that the agency will implement its Business Systems Modernization in smaller increments and in a more unified strategy.

New firm asks, 'What does the future hold?'

Bruce McConnell, Margaret Anderson and Gordon Haight have launched Government Futures Inc., a company that will use a variety of collective intelligence tools to help predict where the government will be three years and further into the future.