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ACS continues Medicaid assistance to Wyoming
11/18/08 -- 10:10 AM Affiliated Computer Services has received a contract renewal to continue providing fiscal services for Wyoming’s health care programs.

ACS to help Florida trim health care costs
11/10/08 -- 11:17 AM Affiliated Computer Services will assist Florida with finding savings in its Medicaid program.

CSC extends New York Medicaid support
11/06/08 -- 02:49 PM Computer Sciences Corp. will continue providing support to New York State’s Medicaid management information system under a three-year contract extension.

Democrats add one governorship
11/05/08 -- 03:36 PM Democrats made a net gain of only one governorship in Tuesday’s elections through Jay Nixon’s victory in Missouri.

L-1 to speed New York job, licensing applications
10/29/08 -- 11:21 AM L-1 Identity Solutions will provide New York state with technology and facilities to process job applicants and license requests under a deal worth up to $250 million.

Texas governor intercedes in IBM contract
10/29/08 -- 10:38 AM Texas Gov. Rick Perry suspended the transfer of state records to an IBM data management program on Tuesday following allegations of lax data backup.

Feds to publish fusion center guidelines
10/28/08 -- 11:51 AM The guidelines for state and local intelligence fusion centers will detail how to achieve the baseline capabilities necessary to share terrorism and law enforcement data.

Accenture to set up Kansas financial system
10/27/08 -- 02:30 PM Accenture Ltd. will design and deploy a statewide financial management system for Kansas under a new deal.

Battelle develops new technology for port security
10/22/08 -- 01:43 PM Battelle is developing underwater imaging technology to map the hulls of ships to detect weapons, drugs and other items to protect ports.

Input: Fed IT spending up 3.9 percent in ‘09
10/21/08 -- 10:18 AM The federal government’s spending on IT will increase a modest 3.9 percent overall in 2009.

Troubled economy won’t slow data projects
10/20/08 -- 11:06 AM Data storage projects are one area that may be immune from the economic downturn, according to attendees at the Storage Networking World conference.

ICF to support Head Start program
10/20/08 -- 10:47 AM ICF Inc. LLC will provide support to the Health and Human Services Department’s Head Start program under multiple contracts.

States need voting machine backup plans
10/17/08 -- 09:41 AM Several states are coming up short in preparations for Election Day, according to a report issued by Common Cause.

Ohio CIO Edmonson steps down
10/16/08 -- 10:59 AM Ohio Chief Information Officer Steve Edmonson will vacate his post by the end of the week.

Six in running for anti-terrorism tech challenge
10/13/08 -- 12:53 PM Maryland and Seattle firms are among six finalists for global anti-terrorism innovation award.

ACS to build smart transit system for Stamford
10/08/08 -- 12:32 PM ACS has won a contract to design and build an intelligent transportation system for the city of Stamford, Conn.

SRA to help DHS with emergency communications planning
10/07/08 -- 10:45 AM SRA International will provide project management support to the Homeland Security Department’s Office of Emergency Communications.

Michigan looks to double DOD dollars
10/06/08 -- 03:11 PM U.S. defense contracting dollars are on the upswing in Michigan, thanks to efforts made by the Pentagon and by Gov. Jennifer Granholm.

FDA might have sidestepped acquisition regs
10/02/08 -- 01:28 PM The Food and Drug Administration might have bypassed federal acquisition regulations by awarding a sole-source contract to an Alaskan native firm that passed along the work to Qorvis Communications.

Georgia IT outsourcing plan at a crossroads
09/29/08 -- 02:59 PM Georgia officials must decide soon whether to enter negotiations for outsourced network and telecommunications services with only one bidder.

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