Hansen teams with Agresso for ERP financials

Looking to open the door to a lucrative market, Hansen Information Technologies Inc. has struck a strategic alliance with Agresso Americas to provide a government-focused enterprise resource planning solution.

Unisys lands NASA flight simulation work

Unisys Corp. won a five-year, $49.2 contract for simulation and flight IT services with NASA.

Massachusetts names new CIO

Having lost its chief information officer to political infighting in December, Massachusetts appointed a permanent replacement this week, naming Louis Gutierrez head of the Information Technology Division.

SBA launches online portal for women entrepreneurs

Female entrepreneurs looking to start or grow a business now have a new planning tool?MY BIZ for Women, an online resource from the Small Business Administration that provides business information and assistance just for women.

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Open for anything: Loss of advocate doesn't stall push for standards

When Massachusetts CIO Peter Quinn resigned in December, citing political turmoil that threatened to derail the state's adoption of an open-standards format for software, the behind-the-scenes battle between open-standards advocates and proprietary vendors went public.

Survey: State CIOs want better cybersecurity collaboration

A study released this week by the National Association of State CIOs recommends that the Homeland Security Department foster stronger ties with state CIOs and create a cyber security review team within the department.

Northrop Grumman wins $667 million San Diego County outsourcing deal

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted this week to finalize a seven-year, $667 million contract for Northrop Grumman Corp. to take over the county's IT and telecommunications operations.

Report: State and local outsourcing to grow 75 percent by 2010

Spurred by the need to replace outdated systems and to offset anticipated future government IT workforce shortages, state and local governments are expected to increase their spending on IT outsourcing from $10 billion in fiscal 2005 to $18 billion by fiscal 2010, according to a report by Input Inc.

Arkansas taps Tier Technologies for workforce services

Tier Technologies Inc., Reston, Va., won a $1.1 million contract to make improvements to the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services' interactive voice-response system and install a new claims application-by-telephone system.

Unisys inks New Zealand driver's licensing deal

The New Zealand government will continue to rely on Unisys Corp. to collect and safeguard the country's vehicle and driver information under a new contract.

FirstSource proposal deadline extended again

The Homeland Security Department announced this week that the date that proposals are due for FirstSource, its small-business only contracting vehicle, has been pushed back to Feb. 9.

PAR Technology wins defense help-desk deal

Rome Research Corp.,a unit of PAR Technology Corp., won a contract with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to provide IT instruction and help-desk services for a work flow program involving vendors that work with the agency.

'No Child' fosters compliance biz

Tech tools can help states pass education reform test

Line forms for FirstSource

$3B small biz vehicle should be awarded in February

Florida county taps CompuDyne for records management

CompuDyne Corp. won a $2 million contract with Volusia County, Fla., to provide a records management system.

New York names new CIO, technology director

New York Gov. George Pataki (R) filled two key IT leadership posts in the state this week, naming Meg Levine as director for the Office for Technology, and Michael Mittleman as chief information officer.

Viisage to buy Identix

Viisage Technology Inc. will purchase Identix Inc. for $770 million in an all-stock transaction.

Report: Federal IT outsourcing accelerates

IT outsourcing by the federal government is expected to grow more than $5 billion over the next four years, according to a report released this week by the Reston, Va., market research firm Input Inc.

Northrop Grumman to build Va. county public safety command center

Northrop Grumman Information Technology won a 25-month, $36.4 million contract with Stafford County, Va., to design and build a public safety center for county police, fire and rescue, and emergency operations.