The Alaska Department of Transportation is planning a request for proposals for a closed-circuit television system at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.
State chief information officers aren't what they used to be. Gone are the days when the typical state technology leader was almost boringly predictable: decades of service in state government, deep experience in IT operations and genuinely apolitical.
Anexsys LLC started seven years ago to process tax payments and gradually expanded its e-government services to federal agencies. Now the Chicago-based company stands poised to compete against more established integrators for e-services projects in the state and local market.
Although state and local spending on information technology has slowed dramatically during the past year, the market is expected to make a full recovery over the next few years, according to the market research firm Federal Sources Inc.
The Georgia Office of Treasury and Fiscal Service needs a system for electronic acceptance and payment processing of credit cards, debit cards and e-checks.
As George Newstrom goes about familiarizing himself with his new job as Virginia's secretary of technology, he is posing the same question to each manager or supervisor he meets within the state technology office: "Who are your rising stars?"
Although homeland security is just a few months old, state and local governments are already deep into appointing top-level executives, setting up governance arrangements, assessing needs, developing plans and determining resource requirements.
A change in top management at Covansys Corp. should improve the company's ability to compete for small and medium-sized opportunities in the state and local government market, according to analysts and industry observers.
Huge shortfalls in state budgets may squeeze the business of state and local integrators this year, but funding for homeland security from the federal government will restore the market by year's end, according to analysts and industry observers.
Problems with the first major deployment of facial recognition software by a major U.S. police department are raising questions whether its capabilities have been oversold.
