Accenture Ltd. has implemented a taxpayer call center for the Michigan Department of Treasury in four months as part of an ongoing eight-year, $10 million project.
Hansen Information Technologies Inc. has won a $240,000 contract from Fresno, Calif., for electronic solutions for the city's public works and public utilities departments.
As George Newstrom goes about familiarizing himself with his new job as Virginia's secretary of technology, he is posing the same question to each manager or supervisor he meets within the state technology office: "Who are your rising stars?"
New York Gov. George Pataki has established a task force comprising experts from the public and private sectors to help the state of New York protect its information systems and critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks, the governor's office announced March 8.
SRA International Inc. will provide information technology and business process reengineering to support the Defense Department's science and technology program.
Forty-one percent of Americans are opposed to a national database to identify citizens and visitors to the United States, according to the results of a Gartner survey.
The federal government is establishing an information technology program office within the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office, which will be responsible for implementing federal information technology initiatives related to homeland security. The new office also will provide a communication framework for agencies across all levels of government, said Ron Miller, chief information officer for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Systems integrators SRA International Inc. and Veridian Corp. each have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for initial public offerings of common stock, the companies said in separate announcements March 6. Neither company has set its initial share price or the date the company will go public.
A change at the top of Covansys Corp. should improve the company's ability to compete for small and medium-sized opportunities in the state and local government market, according to analysts and industry observers. Arvind Malhotra of Covansys' public sector said the new management team wants to focus on growing its public-sector business between 15 percent and 20 percent in 2002.
The aggressive schedule Congress set to improve aviation security, including a crucial deadline for baggage screening by year's end, has ratcheted up demand for systems integrators that can provide services and products to the new Transportation Security Administration. Robert Nabors of EDS said his company, for instance, is focusing on security assessments, passenger identification and baggage screening.
The aggressive schedule Congress set to improve aviation security, including a crucial deadline for baggage screening by year's end, has ratcheted up demand for systems integrators that can provide services and products to the new Transportation Security Administration.
A change in top management at Covansys Corp. should improve the company's ability to compete for small and medium-sized opportunities in the state and local government market, according to analysts and industry observers.
