When DynCorp announced in April it was merging its state and local government unit with a California company, some analysts and industry officials surmised the company wanted to unburden itself of a business segment that was insignificant and unprofitable.
The Arizona State Procurement Office, on behalf of the Department of Administration's risk management section, will release this month a solicitation for a risk management information system.
Two years after failing in an ambitious plan to outsource the state's information technology needs, Connecticut Gov. John Rowland hasn't soured on the idea of modernizing the state's IT systems, nor is he afraid of more controversy.
Electronic government companies are discovering what successful software companies of an earlier generation also found: The road to success for new companies in state and local government often comes through partnering with others.
State chief information officers are looking to accelerate the pace at which they move government services online through a new program that will enable states to share software components of successful e-government projects.
Compelled by new federal regulations to modernize health care information management, state governments are expected to spend $3 billion modifying or replacing existing health care systems, a complex effort that many officials liken to the year 2000 challenge.
The news is everywhere: economic slowdown, lowered earnings announcements, company layoffs, etc. This has led to a sense of urgency in the vendor community to identify and capture new opportunities.
It's going to take some tough love by state chief information officers to get their information technology systems and projects through the next few troubled years.
The Bureau of Enforcement in the Mississippi State Tax Commission's Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control is seeking a vendor to develop a design for a customized system to track, organize and manage investigations.
TekInsight.com Inc. and DynCorp plan to merge their state and local operations, creating a combined company of 400 employees with annual revenue approaching $100 million.
The Georgia Department of Community Health is planning a lucrative outsourcing project for health care administration that could have a profound influence on how state governments administer health benefits programs.
New York can salvage its troubled statewide automated child welfare program, but it needs a new technical approach and more money to complete the project, according to the firm hired to assess the program.
Electronic government initiatives are sweeping the nation, rapidly moving from the drawing board to implementation. In many respects, the focus of new online activity is centered on creating self-service applications to enable customers to complete entire transactions online.
Many systems integrators are abandoning the self-funding model for electronic procurement, and now are asking their state and local government customers either to split the funding costs or provide a financial guarantee on their investment, according to analysts and industry officials.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice purchasing and leases department, information technology support branch, has a need for offender monitoring and tracking technology.
State and local government spending on information technology products and services will continue to grow moderately during the next four years, despite stock market woes and state budget crunches, according to market research firm Federal Sources Inc.
After a brief hiatus, mega-contracts ? those wins that exceed $50 million ? are making a comeback in state and local government. The lull that followed the cancellation of Connecticut's outsourcing procurement a couple of years ago appears to have been temporary.
Many U.S. governors have a hard road convincing their legislatures that Internet technology can transform government and vastly improve the way services are delivered to citizens.
Officials at Deloitte Consulting aren't shy about their ambition to become the leading e-government consultant to the state and local government markets.
