Electronic Data Systems Corp. won a nine-month, $2.2 million contract to support the Pennsylvania State Police with its electronic business initiative that should put more officers on the street.
Because the company is not returning to profitability quickly enough, James Dodd has been removed as CEO of National Information Consortium Inc. Jeffrey Fraser returns to the post.
The California legislature next month is expected to pull the plug on the state's technology department, leaving the nation's most populous state without an organization to coordinate technology initiatives for the foreseeable future. Manny Diaz, chairman of the California Budget subcommittee on information technology and transportation, said the legislature will hold hearings to explore IT oversight models, but legislation this year is unlikely.
The California legislature next month is expected to pull the plug on the state's technology department, leaving the nation's most populous state without an organization to coordinate technology initiatives for the foreseeable future.
State chief information officers will push the federal Office of Management and Budget this summer to support several related initiatives they consider key to integrating e-gov across all levels of government, said the states' new representative on the federal CIO Council.
Science Applications International Corp. has won a $65 million contract from the Defense Finance Accounting Service for education and training services.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has acquired contracts worth $370 million, one with the University of Phoenix and the other with General Motors Corp.
Holli Ploog joined Unisys Corp. May 1 as a vice president in the company's public-sector unit. She was previously senior vice president of corporate development for Dyntek Inc. of Irvine, Calif.
Anexsys LLC started seven years ago to process tax payments and gradually expanded its e-government services to federal agencies. Now the Chicago-based company stands poised to compete against more established integrators for e-services projects in the state and local market.
Information technology companies are preparing to deliver a series of white papers to the White House detailing some of their best practices in providing e-government solutions to federal, state and local agencies.
Total System Services Inc. has signed a five-year agreement valued at more than $120 million with Accenture Ltd. to process postsecondary student grant and loan funding for the Department of Education, the company announced April 30.
IBM Corp. is adding satellite connectivity from Hughes Network Systems Inc. to provide broadband capability to an existing program that rural governments can use to operate their own Web sites.
