Unisys Corp. is resolved to stand by its community portal project launched four months ago in Pennsylvania despite a problematic business model that has failed to attract funding from its government customer.
The Minnesota Office of Technology is developing a contract to create an enterprise document management and imaging architecture strategy. The request for proposals is expected in the second half of 2001.
Bull Americas has used a market analysis and strategic planning study to help spark a four-year growth spurt in the public-sector market and establish itself as a respected data integrator.
The Alaska Department of Public Safety's Division of Administrative Services is developing a request for proposals to hire a consultant on an as-needed, hourly basis to redesign the Alaska Public Safety Information Network.
The fact that electronic government services represent only about 5 percent of today's state and local information technology market hasn't stopped some systems integrators from chasing it as if it were the only opportunity available.
The nation's governors, hoping to gain greater control over their information technology projects, want the federal government to ease restrictions on grants and other aid provided to the states for IT projects.
Shedding its image as a follower in digital government, the state of California is establishing itself among the nation's leaders with the recent launch of both an integrated portal and a series of new online services targeting the business community.
Virginia Gov. James Gilmore is planning to issue guidelines for advertising on state Web sites as part of a major announcement on digital government next month, said officials in the Virginia Office of the Secretary of Technology.
Washington state officials are gearing up to roll out 20 new online services within the next few months under a program that is speeding the state's transition to electronic government.
The California Health and Welfare Agency is seeking a vendor to develop middleware software, which the state's automated welfare system will use to talk to other systems on different platforms.
Federal and state lawmakers are vowing to do whatever it takes to standardize and upgrade voting systems in the wake of the election turmoil in Florida, but the accompanying price tag may give them second thoughts.
Four years ago, when Pennsylvania officials were trying to decide how to consolidate and outsource the operations of the state's 17 data centers, they sought advice from a newly formed advisory council composed of chief information officers from the private sector.
Computer Science Corp. has been fined $2 million for failing to meet stringent service goals during the first year of its landmark contract to provide information technology outsourcing services to San Diego County.
The Florida election controversy, by highlighting the weaknesses of older election technology such as punch-card voting machines, has boosted the business outlook for Internet companies trying to sell online voting as more efficient and accurate.
