First responders to shift focus from response to recovery
First responder spending is gradually shifting from emergency response to recovery operations, and the shift means that fewer dollars are flowing to firefighters and more is flowing to law enforcement.
Delaware taps ACS for integrated justice system
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won a $12.5 million contract from the Delaware Administrative Office of the Courts to provide an integrated justice information management system.
Florida cancels MyFlorida Alliance outsourcing contracts
<font color="CC0000"> (UPDATED) </font color> The Florida State Office of Technology is terminating contracts with BearingPoint Inc. Accenture Ltd. which will essentially kill the state's groundbreaking outsourcing project known as the MyFlorida Alliance.
CSC nabs medical data deal
Computer Sciences Corp. has won a five-year, $74.8 million contract from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to provide hospital data abstraction and data validation services.
Calif. to require paper audit trail for e-voting
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill this week requiring that all electronic voting systems produce a voter-verified paper audit trail by January 2006.
State Dept. taps Identix for biometrics work
Identix Inc. has won a one-year, $2.2 million contract from the State Department to provide a biometric solution to support the department's visa processing services, the company announced today.
New York taps Tier for delinquent child support work
Tier Technologies Inc. has won a five-year contract from the New York Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance to manage a data match program used to locate people who are delinquent on their child support payments.
Virginia tech secretary to step down
<font color="CC0000"> (UPDATED) </font color>Virginia Secretary of Technology George Newstrom will resign from his post effective Oct. 1 to pursue other opportunities, Virginia Gov. Mark Warner (D) said this morning at the Virginia Information Technology Symposium in Norfolk.
Va. eyes ambitious enterprise strategy
A new oversight board in Virginia is charting a course toward an enterprise approach to technology as it continues to assert its control over all technology planning for the state.
A way to win
When the Defense Logistics Agency awarded Accenture Ltd. a performance-based contract two years ago to modernize its supply chain management system, agency officials soon realized the "performance-based" aspect of the contract required as much work from them as it did from the contractor.
NASCIO spots innovative state IT projects
A wireless public safety project and an emergency management system are among the eight projects to be recognized this year by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers.
NASCIO votes Delaware's Jarrett president
Tom Jarrett, Delaware's secretary of technology and chief information officer, is the new president of the National Association of State CIOs. Jarrett said he will continue to push for aligning government technical investmetns with state business agendas.
New public portals save Earth, lives
The city of Biloxi, Miss., wanted to encourage its citizens to recycle motor oil and other petroleum products and drive them to their recycling Web site for more information. So they turned to action star Steven Segal for help.
State fiscal survival depends on budget process change
States need to make fundamental changes to their budget processes if they expect to cope with the demands of federal mandates, author and consultant David Osborne told a gathering of state CIOs today.
State CIOs to talk trends at Big Easy meeting
The use of emerging technologies and open source code are among the hot topics that will be featured at the annual meeting of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers next week.
HP lands $290 million DLA data center deal
Hewlett-Packard Co. has won a 10-year, $290 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide data center consolidation services for the agency's Enterprise Data Center program.
Louisiana re-ups ACS to manage health care
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won a five-year, $51 million contract renewal from Louisiana to continue managing services for several key health care programs.
M/A-Com wins radio deal with Md. county
M/A-Com Inc. has won an $8.4 million contract from Cecil County, Md., to provide an interoperable communications solution for the county's public safety agencies.
Accenture files Nevada tax system win
Accenture Ltd. has won a four-year, $27.9 million contract from the Nevada Department of Taxation to modernize its tax system.
Connecticut puts tech staff transfer on hold
Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell has suspended the decision by her predecessor to consolidate all state technology personnel into the state's Department of Information Technology.
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