BearingPoint grabs N.C. retirement system deal
BearingPoint Inc. has won an 11-year, $19 million contract from North Carolina to provide a new retirement administration system.
GSA to charge annual fee for dot-gov registry
The General Services Administration is requiring state and local governments and Indian tribes to pay a $125 annual fee to use the ".gov" Internet domain registry.
Audit: Florida tech office outsourcing flawed
MyFlorida Alliance contract had a number of deficiencies that left the state at risk, the state auditor said.
Forecast: Federal IT spending to slow
The federal government's spending on information technology will slow down over the next five years, but the impact on IT contractors will be minimal, according to London market research firm Datamonitor plc.
Progress made on info sharing
State and local governments want new interoperability standards and additional funding from the federal government to help them improve their ability to gather and analyze terrorist threat information.
UnWired We Stand
When city officials in the nation's capital decided to build an interoperable wireless network for first responders, they adopted an approach that had barely been tested commercially, much less in government.
High-threat cities get emergency response upgrade
The Homeland Security Department will complete a project next month that would enable first responders in 10 cities to communicate in the event of an emergency.
Maryland county taps BearingPoint for justice system
BearingPoint Inc. has won a $3.1 million contract to provide an integrated criminal justice information system to Montgomery County, Md.
GSA taps five companies for contact center services
Five companies have won a five-year, $150 million contract from the General Services Administration for contact center services to help government agencies better deliver services.
TCS lands Army tech support deal
Telecommunication Systems Inc. has won a five-year, $20 million contract to provide IT services and systems integration support at seven Army installations.
M/A-Com nabs Washington police radio deal
M/A-Com Inc. has won a $4.5 million contract from the Washington State Patrol for land-mobile radio communications.
OPM taps five firms for investigations support
Five companies have won prime contracts to provide background investigations support for federal agencies.
Forecast says federal IT spending to slow
Slowdown marks a fundamental shift in how government views technology purchases, market researcher says.
Team gets bioterrorism research work
Social and Scientific Systems Inc. won an $8.7 million contract to serve as an administrative resource for the Biodefense Proteomic Research Centers.
Tier answers Georgia call for claims support
Tier Technologies Inc. has won a $2.9 million contract from the Georgia Department of Labor for voice-enabled unemployment claims processing.
L-3 to provide new aviation security technologies
New technologies and systems designed to screen baggage, passengers.
Motorola wins $329 million Virginia radio deal
Virginia has awarded a five-year, $329 million contract to Motorola Inc. to provide a statewide radio system to support communications among 20 agencies.
Survival Guide: David Sullivan, chief information officer, Virginia Beach, Va.
David Sullivan's job doesn't stop at information technology. As chief information officer for Virginia Beach, Va., Sullivan is responsible not only for the city's $25 million annual IT budget, but also for its public libraries, media communications and citizen outreach.
Mixed signals for state radio system
Pennsylvania officials are struggling to build a pre-Sept. 11, 2001, statewide radio system that must meet the needs of a world radically changed by the events of that day.
Report: States unaware of offshore outsourcing
State governments usually aren't aware they are sending IT work offshore because it is done through subcontracts or foreign firms with U.S. addresses, a new study finds.
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