Eye on the States
Customer relationship management finally is getting the attention it deserves in the public sector. Companies such as Siebel Systems Inc., San Mateo, Calif., and Affiliated Computer Services, Dallas, are bringing to market promising CRM solutions for state and local governments.
Data on 'Megan's Law' Offenders Comes to Web
The cumbersome process of police knocking on doors to let neighbors know a sex offender has taken up residence on their block is increasingly being supplemented by a 21st-century approach to the task: Web posting.
States Use Muscle to Spur Telecom Investments
Adelphia Business Solutions, a majority-owned subsidiary of cable company Adelphia Communications Corp., is a competitive local exchange carrier with about 1,600 employees and $155 million in 1999 revenue. Other members of its team include Electronic Data Systems Corp., Lucent Technologies Inc. and Qwest Communications International Inc.
Affiliated Computer Services Preps for Bigger Business
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. stands ready to go head to head with the nation's top systems integrators in the government health care services arena after its purchase last month of Birch & Davis Holdings Inc., a leading provider of health care management and consulting.
States of Opportunities
The Illinois Department of Central Management Services, Division of Telecommunications, plans to procure a telecommunications network. The request for proposals is expected to be released in September.
Eye on the States
State and local governments rarely are confused with dot-com enterprises. Unlike Internet start-ups, they are rarely fast, nimble, entrepreneurial or risk-taking. And while some clearly get it, most state and local governments still operate on government, not Internet, time.
Eye on the States
State and local governments rarely are confused with dot-com enterprises. Unlike Internet start-ups, they are rarely fast, nimble, entrepreneurial or risk-taking. And while some clearly get it, most state and local governments still operate on government, not Internet, time.
A Pair of Portals Prepare To Help John Q. Public
Two new electronic government initiatives are expanding the vision of government portals by making them gateways into a vast array of community and business services.
California Enters Spring Training in E-Gov Competition
California is set to begin its first major electronic government initiatives under a new budget that includes more than $2 billion for information technology goods and services.
Eye on the States
Just how fast can state governments move to the Internet? We are about to see.
Charity Begins at Work for Networking Firms
The nation's top networking companies are finding that giving a little assistance to state and local governments pays big dividends down the road, both for the communities they help and often for the companies themselves.
Commerce One Turns Up Heat In Public-Sector E-Procurement
Commerce One Inc.'s aggressive targeting of the public sector for its e-procurement solutions could spur the adoption of commercial-like solutions in the government market, industry officials said.
State Alliance a Boon to E-Buying, Vendors
An alliance of Western states is giving a shot in the arm to electronic procurement by using a multistate contract to buy computer equipment and software from five of the nation's leading computer companies.
As E-Buying Takes Root, Companies Dig for Pay Dirt
The leading providers of electronic procurement solutions in the private sector are setting their sights on an expected ground-swell of new projects among state and local governments in the coming year.
Eye on the States
T he Holy Grail of selling to local government always has been market aggregation. Local governments in the United States spend more than $20 billion on information technology annually, about the same amount spent by state governments.
E-Procurement Profit Potential: Anyone's Guess
Technology companies can make plenty of money providing electronic procurement solutions to state and local governments, but no one can say how much or how fast the money will start flowing.
State of the $tates
North Carolina's Division of Medical Assistance awarded a $3.9 million contract to Consultec/ITC's Atlanta office in September 1999. The deal is for fraud and abuse detection software and services related to the state's Medicaid program. Consultec/ITC will provide the state with an innovative detection system that will be able to look at claims and provide several ways to identify fraud and allow for faster investigations, documentation and money recovery.
State of the $tates
The Vermont Human Services Agency's Social Welfare Department has awarded a $490,000 contract for a needs assessment and design study of the state's Medicaid Management Information System to Maximus of Burlington, Vt. Maximus will provide the state with research and consulting services during the planning, design, procurement and implementation phases of a new system.
Plastic and Privacy Lead States' Online Concerns
SAN DIEGO ? As states quicken the pace for moving their services and operations online, government officials are dealing with the potentially contentious issues of credit card fees and Internet privacy.
Doll Says for States, the Future Is Knowledge
South Dakota faces the same technology challenges as the nation's more populous states, albeit on a smaller scale. It also has a few problems that other states do not have, said Otto Doll, the state's commissioner of the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications.
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