Contractors doing business with state and local governments should expect to see $4.5 billion worth of new information technology opportunities from the proposed economic stimulus package, according to Input Inc.
GTSI Corp. will provide a number of solutions and services to help the Defense Department minimize the risk associated with critical data loss under a new agreement.
The budget shortfall situation presents an opportunity for information technology contractors to step in and sell innovative concepts and approaches to states that will generate revenue and drive efficiencies that result in substantial savings, they said.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. will furnish fiscal agent and related services for the Hawaii Human Services Department under a new 18-month, $21 million contract.
A new survey indicates that more than half of government and private-sector organizations are either planning or already implementing unified communications systems.
ICF International will assist the Environmental Protection Agency help develop clean energy and climate change policies under a five-year contract that has a ceiling of $11.3 million.
IT contractors doing business with the state of California might find more large-scale contracting opportunities if the state puts four agencies responsible for different technology programs under one roof.
The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction issued a massive report in December, which concluded that the U.S. engagement in Iraq was marked, and to an extent doomed, from the beginning by an under-resourced and undermanned infrastructure.
