Sandy Ferris, a forensic technician with the North Vancouver detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was using a facial recognition system to identify an offender when she made a startling discovery.
Unisys Corp. and Viisage Technology Inc. have formed a strategic alliance to enhance personal identification solutions with facial recognition technology.
Sierra Systems Group Inc. and Maxiums Inc. have been tapped by Connecticut to help build a criminal justice database for the state. Connecticut Chief Information Officer Rock Regan said the project, which will be funded by state bonds, will encompass the integration of law enforcement and judicial data stored in 15 legacy systems within eight executive and judicial branch agencies.
American Management Systems Inc. will receive $43 million in cash from National Union Fire Insurance Co. AMS had initiated a lawsuit against National Union last fall under Paul Brands, then-chairman and chief executive officer, who said the insurance company prevented AMS from reaching a reasonable settlement with the state of Mississippi over a failed tax system.
Maximus Inc. won an $8 million subcontract for part of an electronic benefits transfer project by the California Health and Human Services Data Center.
A California online procurement system and a New Mexico Internet-based solution for child services were among nine projects to receive recognition from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers.
New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani got a lot of ribbing when, in 1998, he ordered the construction of a $15 million emergency command center from which he could direct recover efforts from possible terrorist attacks on the city.
When hijacked jetliners crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon Sept. 11, state technology officers on the East Coast moved quickly to secure data centers and technology office operations.
Plans are under way among state governments to establish a national information-sharing center to boost network security and protect information technology infrastructures that belong to the states.
TekInsight.com Inc. is acquiring Exodus Communications Inc.'s professional services business in Louisiana, including more than a dozen state agency contracts.
Maximus Inc. has won a new three-year, $113 million contract with the California Department of Health Services to manage enrollment services for a statewide health care program.
A DynCorp subsidiary won a contract worth about $60 million to provide services and support to the Naval Education and Training Professional Development Center.
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers is refocusing its research and collaborative efforts on security and infrastructure issues in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.
The Florida state technology office is forging ahead with consolidation of the state's information technology resources into a central technology office, despite being rocked by the resignation of the chief information officer, who would have directed the effort.
