Away with words

Governors are no longer preaching the gospel of e-government and information technology.

Rhode Island taps Covansys for voter system

Covansys Corp. has won a $2.8 million contract to provide a centralized voter registration system.

Justice re-ups Aspen for criminal justice reference service

Aspen Systems Corp. has won a $71 million contract from the Justice Department to continue operating the National Criminal Justice Reference Service.

Daniels wins Indiana GOP governor nomination

Former White House Budget Director Mitch Daniels won a decisive victory over his opponent last night to win the Republican nomination for governor of Indiana.

ACS wins Fla. electronic toll services deal

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. won a five-year, $8.2 million contract from Florida's Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority to provide customer support and processing services.

CGI and CACI close AMS acquisition

American Management Systems Inc. ceased to exist today as an independent company. The deal that divided the business between CGI Group Inc. and CACI International Inc. has closed.

CACI wins subcontract for Naval logistics support

CACI International Inc. gets 12-year, $55 million subcontract for integrated logistics support for the U.S. Navy's Program Executive Office ships.

Rivals protest N.C. Medicaid system award to ACS

<font color="CC0000"> (UPDATED) </font color>EDS Corp. claims rival system does not meet the state's basic standards.

Navy taps TRM for resource management system

Total Resource Management Inc. has won a $6.7 million contract for consulting, project management and technical services support for an enterprise information technology system.

ACS expands Florida work-force deals

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won additions to two contracts with work-force regions in Florida. The combined value of the additional work is $885,000, the company said.

State CIOs give Geringer tech champion award

The National Association of State Chief Information Officers has picked former Wyoming Gov. Jim Geringer for the group's National Technology Champion Award, citing his work promoting sound IT policy beyond the state's borders.

Homeland Security releases interoperability requirements

The Homeland Security Department's Science and Technology Directorate released today a document outlining technology requirements for public safety wireless communications and interoperability.

California taps Maximus for diversion program

Maximus Inc. has won a five-year, $8.7 million contract from the California Department of Consumer Affairs to manage a chemical dependency and mental illness monitoring and referral program, the company announced today.

Raytheon gets Milsatcom subcontract from Boeing

Raytheon Co. has won a $31.3 million subcontract to work on the next-generation Milsatcom risk reduction and system definition program.

NASCIO names Robinson new executive director

Douglas Robinson was named executive director of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers.

ManTech sails into Navy radar systems deal

ManTech International Corp. has won a contract from the Navy for engineering and technical services for shipboard advanced target ID systems.

Lucent wins two defense research contracts

Lucent Technologies Inc. has won two research and development contracts totaling nearly $26 million from the Defense Department.

Tallahassee, Fla., re-ups ACS for workforce services

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won a three-year contract to continue providing workforce services to the region around Tallahassee, Fla.

Siebel Systems buys Eontec

Siebel Systems Inc. has acquired Eontec Ltd., a provider of multichannel retail banking solutions, in a cash deal worth at least $70 million.

Los Angeles County taps AMS for financial management

American Management Systems Inc. has won a six-year, $13 million contract to provide Los Angeles County with a new financial management system, the company announced this week.