Maryland taps Intelli-Check for ID verification

Intelli-Check will deploy a software system that checks and verifies identity at Maryland motor vehicle offices.

California eyes enterprise approach

When California officials contracted out the state portal four years ago, their strategy was the antithesis of an enterprise approach. Rather than awarding one prime contract, they awarded 20 contracts to six contractors.

NASCIO: States should use resources they've got

Companies that want to capitalize on opportunities related to data sharing and interoperability need to refrain from developing "one-off" solutions and use what resources they have instead, NASCIO's president said.

Tenn. re-ups Tier for child-support payment services

Tier Technologies Inc. has won a $6.9 million contract renewal to continue operating Tennessee's child-support payment processing center.

Nebraska re-ups Dyntek for management services

Dyntek Inc. has won a $4 million contract extension from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services to continue providing child support management services.

Fla. re-ups ACS for Medicaid broker services

ACS will continue to perform enrollment and disenrollment services for Florida's Medicaid Options Program.

Input: States unsure of Schedule 70

States will continue to make most of their large purchases through the competitive purchasing process rather than the GSA Schedule 70, according to a new report.

Simmons to head Trend Micro's federal sales

Tom Simmons has been hired to lead federal sales for Trend Micro Inc.

EDS' Edmonds announces retirement

Al Edmonds, EDS Corp.'s vice president of government operations, will retire from the company this summer, EDS announced today. Edmonds has led the U.S. government group for the past six years.

CSC gets Maryland network management deal

Computer Sciences Corp. has won a $74 million contract from the Maryland Department of Transportation to provide network management services, the company announced today.

Virginia re-ups DynTek for seat management

DynTek Inc. has won a one-year contract extension from the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to continue providing seat management services.

CACI nabs Navy systems engineering deal

CACI International Inc. has won a five-year, $88 million contract to provide systems engineering support for Navy ship self-defense systems.

Navy taps Raytheon for ship defense open architecture

Raytheon Co.'s Integrated Defense Systems unit has won a $38.7 million contract from the Navy to provide a ship self-defense system with an open architecture-computing environment.

SI International nabs Army learning management deal

SI International Inc. has won a $5 million contract from the Army's Defense Ammunition Center to support a learning management system.

Feds offer to mend Matrix

Federal officials are hoping to bolster support among states for an anti-terrorism information-sharing network with a new approach that would let each state keep greater control over its information.

BAE Systems wins aerial target follow-on contract

BAE Systems North America Inc. has won a $17 million follow-on contract from the Air Force for aerial targets.

Entrust to acquire content scanning capabilities

Entrust Inc. is buying advanced content scanning and analysis technology from an e-mail content scanning and anti-spam tools provider.

CMS taps Maximus for Medicare card program support

Maximus Inc. will be the sole national reconsideration contractor for the Medicare pharmacy discount drug card program.

Florida names Marstiller CIO

Simone Marstiller, former Bush aide, is latest Florida chief information officer.

EDS, Unisys protest ACS Medicaid contract

EDS Corp. has fired a verbal broadside at its health services rival Affiliated Computer Services Inc., protesting the award to ACS of a Medicaid replacement system contract in North Carolina.