Maximus fires CEO Davenport; Montoni is successor

The board of directors for Maximus Inc. has fired chief executive officer Lynn Davenport for misconduct toward a female employee of the company.

Stottler Henke wins Navy intelligent tutoring extension

Stottler Henke Associates Inc. won a contract from the Navy to develop software to enhance a simulation-based training system for tactical action officers.

Lockheed Martin dives into Navy sub systems

Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $17.4 million contract from the Navy to support a program that oversees all technical products for submarine combat systems.

Kenexa buys Knowledge Workers

Kenexa Corp. has acquired Knowledge Workers Inc., a Denver human resources and technology services company.

Portland, Ore., taps MetroFi for mesh network

MetroFi Inc. has won a contract from Portland, Ore., to build a citywide Wi-Fi network that will offer residents free Internet access and expand wireles coverage for city workers.

Iowa re-ups NIC for e-gov portal

Iowa Interactive, an subsidiary of the e-government firm NIC, won a five-year contract to continue managing Iowa's official government portal.

Rubel to join Government Insights

Government Insights has hired analyst Thom Rubel as a research program director.

ACS catches N.J. Transit tech refresh deal

Affiliated Computer Services won a five-year, $76 million contract from the New Jersey Transit agency to refresh the technology that runs its fare collection system.

Maximus inks Colorado children's health care deal

Maximus Inc. won a contract that may be worth as much as $6 million from the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to conduct outreach and education for child care within the state.

Feldner named North Dakota CIO

North Dakota Republican Gov. John Hoeven has appointed Lisa Feldner to serve as the state's new chief information officer. Feldner starts her new position May 8.

Red Hat buys JBoss

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

Ciber checks in for Army hospital IT outsourcing work

Ciber Inc. won a five-year, $13.1 million IT outsourcing contract from the Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, N.C.

SYS Technologies buys Reality Based IT Services

SYS Technologies Inc. has acquired Reality Based IT Services Ltd. in a $9.5 million cash and stock deal intended to expand its secure network solutions capabilities.

Air Force taps Telos for automated phone system

Telos Corp. won a contract from the Air Force to deploy an automated phone system for service personnel to call their families and inform them of their health and well-being.

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.

Ericsson buys Marconi Communications Federal

Ericsson has acquired Marconi Communications Federal Inc., a networking and telecom firm, in a move designed to expand the company's networking and telecommunications offerings to the U.S. government.

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.

Maryland re-ups CSC for Health Dept. tech support

Computer Sciences Corp. won a $35.9 million contract renewal from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to handle IT support. The two-year contract has three two-year options.

Input: State and local IT spending surge begins

The drive to centralize IT resources, consolidate IT operations and outsource non-essential government functions is expected to feed substantial growth in the state and local market over the next five years, according to Input Inc.