<FONT SIZE=2>The New Jersey Treasury Department wants to build a lottery communications network for the New Jersey Lottery Division. The network will help provide point-of-sale materials as well as advice on marketing techniques, recommend businesses for licensure as retailers and other duties directed by the Lottery Commission. A request for proposals is expected in October.</FONT>
Manugistics Group Inc. announced Sept. 16 it has reorganized and expanded its government practice, forming a new government, aerospace and defense practice.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. won a seven-year, $63 million task order to provide network services for the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, ACS announced Sept. 16.
Federal government spending on computer systems will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 9 percent, from $12 billion in fiscal 2002 to more than $18 billion in 2007, according to a report released Sept. 12 by Input Inc.
Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Russell Anarde will join CACI International Inc. of Arlington, Va., to lead its Space Operations and Systems Support organization.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. won a $4 million contract from the Arkansas Administrative Office of the Courts to implement a statewide justice information management system, the company announced Sept. 9.
Orincon Defense, a unit of Orincon Corporation International (OCI), announced Sept. 5 that its Hawaii operation has been selected by the Office of Naval Research to serve as the prime contractor, system architect and integrator for the Navy's Theater Undersea Warfare initiative.
Northrop Grumman Corp., Los Angeles, won a five-year, $300 million contract to provide technical and management support to the Army Land Information Warfare Activity.
Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded a blanket purchase agreement worth $30 million over three years to continue providing e-commerce services to the Defense Department.
Vienna, Va.-based CMS Information Services Inc. won a 10-year, $60 million Air Force contract to provide budget information systems support services to the secretary of the Air Force.
The fundamentals of the federal information technology industry remain intact, despite the volatility of stocks over the past couple of months. Investors are attracted to the industry because of its long-term contracts, earnings growth and strong cash flow, particularly in the current market.
Northrop Grumman Information Technology has won a three-year contract from the Louisiana Department of Social Services to provide information technology services to support agency operations.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. won a $234 million contract from the state of Ohio to operate the state's child support collection and disbursement unit.
The Pentagon fires were still burning when Tom Buonforte and his team at General Dynamics Network Systems began sifting through the rubble, trying to figure out how they would rebuild the computer and telecommunications networks in the damaged wing.
Dynamics Research Corp. won a five-year, $26 million contract to provide technical and acquisition support services to the Air Force's Global Command and Control System program office, part of the Electronic Systems Center.
<FONT SIZE=2>Computer Sciences Corp. named Tim Sheahan as president of its new Enforcement, Security and Intelligence Division, and Pat Ways as president of business development for its Federal Sector business unit. </FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2>General Dynamics Corp.'s aggressive moves to position itself as an information technology provider to the Defense Department are well known. But the company also has been quietly working to win more business with civilian agencies, especially by leveraging its engineering and network talents developed for defense customers.</FONT>
