Hansen Information Technologies has won a $3.2 million contract to provide solutions to help in the management and coordination of building permitting, licensing, code enforcement and citizen relationship management activities in Louisville, Ky.
A panel of public health and information technology experts such as Rock Regan told a House subcommittee Dec. 14 that state and local governments will need additional funding to fully implement the information sharing infrastructure necessary to protect the nation from future bioterrorist attacks.
Computer Sciences Corp. is taking its government security expertise to the private sector with a new enterprise information risk management service, the El Segundo, Calif.-based company announced Dec. 11.
Creating a national identification system could be a lot easier than you think. Calls since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to create a national ID system to help government authorities monitor citizens and aliens have largely met with skepticism and resistance.
The states need federal funding to help them beef up network security and protect critical information technology resources from attacks by hackers and terrorists, according to a national group of state chief information officers.
A substantial amount of the funding that state governors are requesting for homeland security will help criminal justice initiatives and public safety communications. John Thomasian of the National Governors Association said state needs can't be left out of the debate on homeland security.
American Management Systems Inc. and webMethods Inc. were picked by the Environmental Protection Agency to provide integration software and services for its Office of Research and Development.
Maximus Inc. has won a $19 million contract from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development to provide welfare-to-work services for Milwaukee County.
State and local governments will be seeking several billion dollars in federal grants and aid to help them with emergency preparedness and other homeland security initiatives. Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge has received a request from the National Association of Counties to provide at least $3 billion annually in anti-terrorism block grant assistance to county law enforcement and public safety agencies.
State and local governments will be seeking several billion dollars in federal grants and aid to help them with emergency preparedness, disaster prevention and other homeland security initiatives.
