Ciber Inc. has won a one-year, $1.45 million project from the Colorado Department of Transportation to upgrade the traffic surveillance and control system for the Hanging Lake Tunnel on Interstate 70. The upgrade will enable department employees to know whether a vehicle has entered but not exited the tunnel, Ed Burns, senior vice president of Ciber's state and local government group, told Washington Technology Aug. 8.
Hewlett-Packard Co. will provide more than $35 million worth of new HP desktop and notebook personal computers to the Internal Revenue Service to support the agency's modernization effort.
ManTech International Corp. has completed the acquisition of enterprise protection and technical services firm Aegis Research Corp., the company announced Aug. 6.
State officials like Linda Burek are clamoring for a larger role in shaping the White House e-government strategy and programs, saying federal e-gov initiatives directly influence many state and local government operations.
Computer Sciences Corp. has won a three-year, $47 million contract from the General Services Administration to provide integrated e-learning, knowledge management and information technology support to the Defense Acquisition University.
Federal officials hope to dramatically boost the number of tax returns filed electronically through a new e-filing partnership with industry that would provide free online tax filing to a majority of Americans.
Systems integrators could see a surge in outsourcing and large-scale information technology projects under proposed changes in how the states are allowed to spend federal funds earmarked for IT programs. "The question is how far the federal government is willing and able to go," said Bob Stauffer of Deloitte Consulting.
Employees of Scitor Corp., a provider of high technology services to the U.S. intelligence community and the Department of Defense, have acquired all of the company's common stock.
The National Association of State CIOs has moved closer to establishing a information sharing and analysis center by signing an agreement for distributing cyber and physical warnings against critical infrastructures.
State officials are clamoring for a larger role in shaping the White House e-government strategy and programs, saying federal e-gov initiatives directly influence many state and local government operations.
Systems integrators could see a surge in outsourcing and large-scale information technology projects under proposed changes in how the states are allowed to spend federal funds earmarked for IT programs.
Accenture Ltd. won a five-year, $18.5 million contract from the Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth to provide a statewide uniform registry of electors.
California has canceled the $95 million enterprise licensing agreement with Oracle Corp. that set off a firestorm of objections from legislators when it was announced last year. Oracle Corp. and Northrop Grumman Corp. agreed after two months of negotiations to rescind the deal and relieve the state of any further financial obligations, Attorney General Bill Lockyer said July 23.
Lockheed Martin Management and Data Systems Inc. won a $123 million contract from the Pennsylvania State Police to provide systems integration for an incident information management system, the company announced July 23. The project is part of an effort by the state police department to modernize its data systems for emergency call-taking and dispatch, mobile computer software and evidence, criminal and investigative management systems.
Information technology firms could rake in $3 billion helping state governments comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, according to the market research firm Input Inc.
The state will revise work requirements and seek new proposals for its major communications outsourcing project in response to the uncertain prospects of WorldCom. "Reopening the bid process at this time is necessary because of the conditions under which WorldCom prequalified for the bid are no longer valid," said Larry Singer, state chief information officer.
