Meridio Inc. lands GSA SmartBuy software contract

Meridio Inc. of Waltham, Mass. has won a contract with the General Services Administration to establish an enterprise licensing agreement.

Negroponte unveils new information-sharing strategy

Standards being developed for intelligence information sharing are expected to be fully incorporated into federal enterprise architecture reviews and budgets by fiscal 2009, according to a schedule submitted by National Intelligence Director John Negroponte.

Aquilent lands VA content management deal

Aquilent Inc. has been awarded a Veterans Affairs Department task order to establish an integrated content strategy framework for its Enterprise Content Management System.

NIC inks Vermont portal management deal

NIC Inc. will build and manage an e-government portal for the state of Vermont through a six-year contract worth at least $4 million.

GTSI misses deadline for filing 3Q financials

GTSI Corp. notified government securities regulators yesterday that it could not meet the deadline for filing its third quarter financial report.

Let's make a Dell: Ga. picks company for software resell

Georgia has tapped Dell Inc. to furnish software to all state agencies through a three-year contract valued at $50 million.

Knowledge as a sales pitch

For a collaboration solution, know your product and your customer.

Market proves hale and hardy

Dollars flow for bioterrorism projects to link hospitals and track health care data.

Beyond IT

For 16 years, Serco Inc. has ridden an accelerating trend of government agencies turning to contractors for work that goes beyond the realm of usual IT services.

E-voting hiccups didn't sway elections

Despite some reports of problems and delays in several states that used electronic voting, no reports surfaced of any elections being substantially affected by the difficulties.

IT issues consideration in the Senate, but perhaps not the House

Observers have said that under the new leadership in Congress, federal IT issues will receive closer scrutiny, but it is unclear whether the White House's e-government initiative will sink or swim.

Labor issues may be major focus as Dems take over

<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color> Now that the Democrats have taken over at least one house of Congress, President Bush's competitive-sourcing initiative could be under heavy scrutiny.

Ingram Micro upbeat on government sales

Ingram Micro reported strong government sales and revealed programs from five technology vendors to boost margins for its resellers in the government market at its GovEd Alliance conference today.

HUD seeks modernized financial-management system

The Housing and Urban Development Department is conducting a public-private competition for system integration and hosting at a shared-services center for the HUD Integrated Financial Management Improvement Project.

DynTek snaps up Sensible Security Solutions

DynTek Inc. has acquired Sensible Security Solutions, an Ottawa company that designs and implements enterprise-level security solutions.

News in brief

NASCIO names top innovative state IT projects ? UAV patrols to resume and more news in brief.

News in brief

NASCIO names top innovative state IT projects ? UAV patrols to resume and more news in brief.

DHS Web site makeover trips up users

<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color> The Homeland Security Department debuted a new Web site this week, and discarded most of its old Web addresses, to mixed reactions by users.

Intel IT is coming together

Dale Meyerrose, CIO for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, said yesterday the attempt to bring the national intelligence machine out of the IT shadows is starting to pay off.

Maxamine wins Treasury Web site analytics contract

Maxamine Inc. will provide analytic software to the Treasury Department's Federal Consulting Group to improve government Web site quality and compliance.