Northrop Grumman lands Air Force communications deal

Northrop Grumman Corp. won a $19 million contract from the Air Force to integrate the service's telephone and network operations.

Raytheon wins incident command subcontract

Raytheon Co. has won a subcontract from iXP Corp. to help modernize the New York City Fire Department's incident command system.

Ohio names Carroll CIO

Mary Carroll will set the strategic direction for the state's IT operations and continue efforts to centralize IT planning and development.

Imageware wins ID subcontract with Fresno, Calif.

Imageware Systems Inc. has won a subcontract to provide a law-enforcement identification solution to the Sheriff's Department in Fresno, Calif.

Gateway inks PC notebook deal with Texas university

Gateway Inc. has signed an agreement with the University of Texas at San Antonio to provide notebook and tablet computing products to the university community.

Indiana taps Haverstick for unemployment insurance work

Haverstick Consulting Inc. has been selected by the state of Indiana to provide a new unemployment insurance processing system.

Arkansas re-ups NIC for e-gov services

NIC Inc. has won a three-year, multimillion-dollar contract renewal from Arkansas to continue providing e-government portal services.

ACS to acquire Ascom's transportation revenue division

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. will acquire the transport revenue division of Ascom AG for roughly $100 million.

Let the spending begin

California established its new state technology services department last month with a mission: send a clear signal to agencies and industry that the state is serious about consolidating central IT services and functions and leveraging its buying power.

Have IT, will travel

When British authorities needed help matching bodies to missing persons reports following the July 7 London bombings, they turned to a Unisys Corp. software application.

Minnesota names Khanna CIO

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) has named Gopal Khanna, a former federal chief information officer, to serve as the state's first CIO.

Md. school system enrolls Maximus for software work

Maximus Inc. won a $4.1 million contract from the Prince George's County, Md., public school district to provide a student information software system.

Northrop Grumman to perform information security work for State

Northrop Grumman Corp. has won a $22.9 million contract from the State Department to provide information assurance and security support services.

Lawson inks software deal with Connecticut city

Lawson Software Inc. has won a contract from the city of Waterbury, Conn., to provide human resources software.

L.A. County extends Unisys eligibility work

Unisys Corp. has won a contract extension from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services to continue supporting its benefit eligibility system.

New Jersey re-ups Unisys for Medicaid services

Unisys Corp. has won a three-year contract extension from New Jersey to continue managing Medicaid administrative services for the state.

EDS wins $170 million Kentucky Medicaid deal

EDS Corp. has won a $170 million contract from the commonwealth of Kentucky to provide a new Medicaid management information system.

Florida loses sight of enterprise vision

Florida has abolished an independent state technology office in a move that reverses steps it took four years ago to centralize IT management.

Texas Holdum

Dustin Lanier knows it won't be easy getting more than 200 agencies to turn over responsibility for their IT infrastructures to the Texas Department of Information Resources when a new state law takes effect Sept. 1.

California builds new technology agency

California has established a new Department of Technology Services (DTS) from three existing technology offices to consolidate IT and telecommunications management in the state.