The federal government has increased its reliance on small, disadvantaged businesses for information technology goods and services during the past four years, according to Input Inc.
General Dynamics Corp. has acquired Command System Inc., a provider of command and control hardware and software to the U.S. and international military markets.
PeopleSoft Inc. has developed two new homeland security solutions to assist government and higher education organizations, the company announced at its software user conference in New Orleans.
A draft report from California's Department of General Services is recommending that the state treat large systems integration and telecommunications projects as high risk and subject them to close legal scrutiny.The heightened scrutiny would apply to IT goods contracts worth more than $500,000, IT services contracts worth more than $200,000 and non-IT services contracts worth more than $50,000, according to the report.
IBM Corp., in partnership with federal, state and local public safety and transportation agencies, has been selected to build a public safety and data communications network for the Washington metropolitan region.
When Congress passed the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, it provided a new avenue for systems integrators to broaden their business base in the state and local market. The legislation led directly to five major projects for aerospace and defense giant Lockheed Martin Corp., according to Robert Franklin of Lockheed Martin Transportation Systems.
Northrop Grumman Corp. won a 10-year, $100 million contract renewal for electronic benefit transfer services for the Illinois Department of Human Resources.
Science Applications International Corp.'s Global Telecommunications Group has acquired selected assets of Fusive.com Corp., SAIC announced Aug. 19. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. "The acquisition of these assets from Fusive complements our current contact center and customer relationship management expertise and enhances our customer care practice," said Bob Young, SAIC senior vice president and manager of the Global Telecommunications Group.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. reported an increase of 71 percent in net income for fiscal 2002, which ended June 30. Net income for fiscal 2002 was $229.6 million compared to $134.3 million for fiscal 2001.
Prime contractors that bid on Georgia's converged telecommunications network must have annual revenue of $1 billion and $250 million cash or equivalent to compete for the contract, according to the revised request for proposal.
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Having learned the hard way that information technology contracts should be awarded through competition, California officials are moving to strengthen the integrity of the procurement process and reform IT systems management, including shifting some services and operations from contractors to state employees.
