The roster of players might be the same as last year's, but it isn't business as usual in the state and local government market. Many systems integrators, even those holding strong positions, are pushing into new lines of business as a way to enlarge their slice of the state and local pie.
The Federal Aviation Administration wants airport technology, research and development services, and technical and engineering support for its Airport Technology Research and Development Branch. The branch conducts research, tests and demonstrations related to runway support, planning and design, pavements, capacity enhancement, capacity and delay computer modeling, wildlife hazards, lighting and markings, and rescue and firefighting. The Technical Center is next to Atlantic City International Airport in New Jersey.
Pitney Bowes Inc. launched a new data collection, track and trace solution to help police departments manage evidence and property, officials from the Stamford, Conn., company said.
Every day, medical staffs worldwide look to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology for help in making diagnoses based on samples of materials such as tumors and tissue.
Following a national search for a new state chief information officer, Diane Wallace has been tapped by Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell (R) to fill the job and lead the state's Department of Information Technology.
The Treasury Department's failure to adequately manage implementation of IRS' new human resources system pushed the price much higher than at other federal agencies, according to a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for tax administration.
The General Services Administration this spring will release a $5 billion, 10-year governmentwide acquisition contract for service-disabled veteran-owned IT small businesses.
The Transportation Department issued a request for program IT support services for its newly formed Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
The Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services' Bureau of Revenue Services wants to replace or re-engineer the state's automated tax system. An RFP is expected in April.
Despite investors' concerns over slower defense and IT spending, President Bush's fiscal 2006 IT budget request to Congress asks for a 7 percent increase, better than the 0.9 percent request in 2005 ? subsequently revised to 3.9 percent by the Office of Management and Budget ? and better than the increase I was expecting.
The elimination of the House subcommittee that focuses solely on IT does not mean that federal agencies and contractors should expect oversight by lawmakers to relax.
President Bush wants to increase IT spending at the Homeland Security Department by a whopping 25 percent in fiscal 2006 to $6.0 billion from $4.8 billion.
Utah over the years developed separate and distinct IT systems to manage its social services such as Medicaid and Food Stamps. One problem with such a broad palette of systems, however, was that it forced families to separately navigate each program when applying for benefits.
After years of touting its Virtual Case File system as the pinnacle of case management software, the FBI this month told the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary that the project probably has failed, and the bureau has wasted $104 million.
Unisys Corp. has hired former Missouri Chief Information Officer Gerry Wethington as vice president for homeland security and justice and public safety programs.
