Montana re-ups NIC for portal services

A subsidiary of NIC Inc. has won a five-year contract extension to continue managing e-government services for Montana.

Report: Real-time locating systems come of age

Real-time locating systems are growing rapidly and could be a major part of the radio frequency identification market within 10 years, according to a new report.

NASA to host Lunar Lander face-off

NASA plans to return to the moon, and officials are looking for help in developing technology for the mission.

Homeland recruits non-profit for cybersecurity software licensing

The Homeland Security Department is enlisting the help of a non-profit organization to obtain cybersecurity tools for operating systems, servers and databases used by the federal government.

IBM, Alvarion fashion public-safety wireless alliance

IBM Corp. and Alvarion Inc. have established an alliance to offer wireless systems to municipalities and their public safety agencies.

Morphing of digital fingerprint tests startles contractors

Federal testing of digital fingerprint compatibility begun two years ago has morphed into an eligibility test for vendors that want to participate in the massive, upcoming federal identification card program under Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12.

Tyler hooks two Ohio county property reassessment deals

Tyler Technologies Inc. has won two contracts totaling $3.5 million to supply two counties in southwestern Ohio with property reassessment services.

GAO: Immigration agency must rise to electronic challenge

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is not doing an effective job managing the initial phase of its move from a paper-based filing system to paperless electronic records, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

DHS explores options for enterprise financials

The Homeland Security Department will decide in the next few months whether it will use existing legacy systems to establish an enterprisewide financial management system, a DHS procurement official said Thursday.

General: Common commercial technologies can help military

The military could use some simple diagnostic systems for its military vehicles like those being installed on civilian vehicles, a top Army general told the Northern Virginia chapter of Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Friday.

Red Hat buys JBoss

Red Hat Inc. will acquire JBoss Inc. in a $350 million cash and stock transaction.

Maximus software to drive fleet management in four states

Indiana, Maine, Minnesota and Washington have all announced contracts with Maximus Inc. to deploy software for managing their vehicle fleets.

CGI-AMS inks two enterprise resource planning deals

CGI-AMS won two new local government contracts totaling more than $100 million to deploy the company's proprietary enterprise resource planning software.

Business Objects completes FirstLogic buy

Business Objects Inc. acquisition of FirstLogic Inc is part of a long-term strategy by the company to offer its customers a satisfactory data foundation for enterprise information management.

Missouri county taps Tyler for tax software

Tyler Technologies won a $1.1 million contract from Jefferson County, Mo., to deliver its Web-based, integrated property assessment system.

ChoicePoint inks FBI analysis software deal

ChoicePoint Inc. won a five-year, $12 million contract with the FBI to furnish software that helps analyze how criminal organizations operate.

Intekras lands Medicare network support deal

Intekras Inc. won a five-year, $7.2 million contract to support a network that assists health care providers and associated businesses with Medicaid and Medicare programs.

GAO finds most states offshore human services tech support

Most states offshore at least a portion of the IT work needed to operate federal human services programs for food stamps, child support enforcement, family assistance programs and unemployment insurance, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

OSI wins Office of Naval Research intelligence software deal

Offshore Systems International Ltd. won a contract from the U.S. Office of Naval Research to provide software for a system capable of making decisions and solving problems ordinarily done by military analysts.

Florida city taps Intergraph for public safety needs

Intergraph Corp. won a contract from the city of Plantation, Fla., to deploy an integrated public safety system supporting police, fire and emergency medical services personnel.