Global Election Systems Inc. announced Alameda County, Calif., will buy the company's AccuVote-TS touch-screen voting equipment and associated services for about $13.5 million.
Titan Corp. announced Aug. 10 that its wholly owned subsidiary, Titan Systems Corp., won a Naval Air Systems Command contract potentially worth $83 million over five years.
Technology companies and their employees are discovering the benefits of sabbatical programs. Gartner Inc.'s Tim Ogden, second from left, spent his first sabbatical in Ethiopia last year, volunteering with a relief organization.
TRW Inc.won a seven-year, $564 million follow-on contract for Battle Management Command, Control and Communications products for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense Segment program by prime contractor Boeing.
The federal government's use of flexible, governmentwide acquisition contracts to purchase IT products and services is up 36 percent between fiscal 1999 and fiscal 2000, according to a market analysis.
The high-tech industry boasts the most dog-friendly employers, according to DogFriendly.com, a Placerville, Calif., Web site that lists 260 canine-compatible employers in 40 states. DogFriendly.com also features Fido-friendly hotels and retail establishments.
Accenture consultant Samir Parikh got an unexpected opportunity this summer. Thanks to the sabbatical program his employer announced last month, Parikh got to design his work life for a year.
Congressional leaders and the Bush administration appear close to resolving the debate about the role of a federal chief information officer and the priority that agencies should give to e-government.
Vredenburg has won a contract by the Securities and Exchange Commission to build and implement a solution to handle the agency's Freedom of Information Act requests electronically.
The Bush administration is creating an interagency task force to develop an e-government action plan, according to a July 18 memo from Mitchell Daniels Jr., director of the Office of Management and Budget.
ITS Medical Systems LLC has won a five-year contract worth up to $40 million from the Army Forces Command's Atlanta Contracting Center to continue supporting the Army Reserve Command's medical training sites.
Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego won a three-year contract worth up to $40 million from the Army Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command in Orlando, Fla.
When registration opened for the new Army University Access Online program at Fort Benning, Ga., some soldiers were so eager to enroll that they camped out the night before in a January rain to ensure a place in the e-learning program.
