Ohio taps ACS for electronic benefits transfer

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won a contract from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services to provide electronic benefits transfer services.

Siebel purchase gives Oracle CRM capabilities

Analysts say Oracle Corp.'s agreement to buy customer relationship management provider Siebel Systems Inc. is likely a sign of Oracle's desire to increase its footprint in the federal IT market.

University of Calif. taps Pearson for admissions system

Pearson Government Solutions Inc. won a contract to help the University of California operate its admissions and scholarships applications system.

Air Force issues space operations center RFP

The Air Force has issued the RFP for a potential contract to hire systems intergrator to manage its air and space operations centers.

Making the team: Specifics critical to Anteon teams

With more than 100 managers creating and running project teams, Anteon International Corp. has more people involved in finding teammates than some of its partners have employees.

Market Share: Investors, keep a sharp eye on acquisitions

The federal IT services industry has seen a lot of merger and acquisition activity, and I expect it will continue. Several factors are driving this activity: the industry's size, its high degree of fragmentation with no truly dominant players, relatively low total-market growth, good access to capital and strong free cash flow.

Treasury turns around on TCE

The Treasury Department's recent about-face on its $1 billion network communications contract has left some federal officials and industry-watchers unable to explain it -- and Treasury officials unwilling to.

In Katrina's wake: Tech companies focus on data recovery

Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts are drawing legions of IT experts to assist the Gulf Coast region with data restoration and business continuity services.

The newest with Networx

The teams chasing the lucrative Networx telecommunications contract are becoming clearer as three major telecom players have announced their lineups of partners to chase the deal.

Mergers and aquisitions

Merger and acquisition experts are hailing Science Applications International Corp.'s decision to shed its employee-ownership model and conduct an initial public offering in 2006.

The Build-Out begins

Enterprise architectures are no longer works in progress for many federal agencies. That means systems integrators that want to win contracts with the government need to be experts on these blueprints for how agencies fulfill their missions.

Companies consider separation of powers

Ray Oleson still expects his day to start before 5 a.m. after he relinquishes his duties as chief executive officer of SI International Inc. But he also looks forward to losing the heavy burden of related responsibilities he carries on his shoulders.

The calendar

Seminar: Can you afford to lose your General Services Administration contract?

Lockheed Martin to acquire sensor maker

Lockheed Martin Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to buy remote sensing systems maker Coherent Technologies Inc. for an undisclosed amount.

Nebraska city taps Accela for e-gov project

Accela Inc. has won a $1.2 million contract from Omaha, Neb., to provide a Web-based, integrated permitting, licensing and inspection management system.

Bush mandates direct financial apps spending

Recent developments in financial software for government are closely tracking directives that emphasize lines of business, strategic plans and project portfolios.

Health IT standards body to be formed soon

Seventeen people from federal and state government and from industry will be appointed to form the American Health Information Community.

CMS to migrate claims processing to enterprise data centers

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is seeking information about industry capabilities to move Medicare Fee-for-Service claims processing from the current Medicare data centers to CMS' enterprise data centers

NCI snares Air Force technical support tasks

NCI Information Systems Inc. has won task orders totaling $5.6 million to provide IT services and support at various Air Force locations under the Network-Centric Solutions contract.