BAE Systems Mission Solutions will provide the U.S. Strategic Command with engineering services and onsite support of the air vehicle planning system program.
Viisage Technology Inc. has won a five-year, $3.2 million contract to provide the Rhode Island Department of Motor Vehicles with a digital driver's license system incorporating new security features.
Lockheed Martin Systems Integration Inc. has won a five-year contract with the Defense Civilian Personnel Management Service to provide a personnel management system.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won a one-year contract with the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation to provide pharmacy benefit management services.
Computer Sciences Corp. and San Diego County negotiators are desperately working to settle a contract dispute after county officials charged CSC with being in default on a groundbreaking information technology outsourcing project.
Following years of entrenched opposition to information technology outsourcing, state and local government officials are recognizing it can help them overcome staff shortages and modernize their technology and services.
Emerson Network Power has received orders totaling $33 million for power technology to upgrade and protect the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet. The orders are part of the $6.9 billion NMCI program being managed by Electronic Data Systems Corp.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won a one-year, $12.1 million contract with the Air Force Electronic Systems Center for information technology services.
The award of Georgia's groundbreaking communications outsourcing contract has been pushed back six months so competitors can adjust their bids based on a new requirement for a data center.
Alcatel Inc. won a $8 million contract with the Vermont Department of Public Safety to improve the state's public safety communications infrastructure, said state and company officials.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has acquired Transaction Processing Specialists Inc, a software company specializing in electronic benefits transfer processing and reporting systems. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Virginia's new secretary of technology is looking to cut as much as 15 percent to 20 percent from the state's information technology budget to help the state cope with a $3.8 billion shortfall.
The plan for a national information sharing and analysis center to support cybersecurity at the state government level has not yet materialized, despite hopes that it would be ready soon. Rock Regan, president of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers and Connecticut CIO, said May 23 that the group remains determined to establish such a center and may issue a request for proposal soon.
