State chief information officers are looking to accelerate the pace at which they move government services online through a new program that will enable states to share software components of successful e-government projects.
The federal government will continue to spend heavily on enterprise resource planning over the next five years to automate and streamline internal business processes, according to a new study.
Science Applications International Corp. has won two contracts worth a total of $75.8 million with the Department of Defense to plan and manage advanced information technology and telecommunications in the twenty-first century battlefield, the company said May 30. The San Diego-based company will lead industry teams responsible for developing and supporting the Defense Department's Joint Network Management System.
DynCorp Management Resources Inc. has won a two-year, $58 million contract to broker nonemergency transportation services for parts of Virginia, the company said May 23.
If you want to pay a traffic ticket online, you'd better live in Massachusetts or you won't be able to do it, according to a new study that examines the depth and breadth of motor vehicle services available online throughout the 50 states.
Eagle Computer Systems Inc., a division of Tyler Technologies Inc., has won contracts with two Pennsylvania counties to provide a recording system for government records.
Compelled by new federal regulations to modernize health care information management, state governments are expected to spend $3 billion modifying or replacing existing health care systems, a complex effort that many officials liken to the year 2000 challenge.
It's going to take some tough love by state chief information officers to get their information technology systems and projects through the next few troubled years.
National Information Consortium Inc. has signed a five-year agreement valued at more than $5 million with the Florida Association of Court Clerks to build a portal that would support the clerks of the court in Florida counties, the company said May 16.
BTG Inc. has won a seven-year, $60 million contract with the Air Force Electronic Systems Center to develop an integrated broadcast service for the military, the company said May 14.
Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner has announced the state plans to disband its existing Office of Information Services and replace it with a new organization.
The Georgia Department of Community Health is planning a lucrative outsourcing project for health care administration that could have a profound influence on how state governments administer health benefits programs.
NCS Pearson Inc. of Minneapolis has acquired Kajax Engineering Inc. of Arlington, Va., as part of a strategy to expand its e-government and systems integration work in the federal and state government markets. KEI will be renamed KEI Pearson and become part of the NCS Pearson Government Solutions business unit based in Arlington, said NCS Pearson May 2.
An electronic government bill introduced this week by Sens. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., and Conrad Burns, R-Mont., would establish a $200 million annual fund for fiscal years 2002 through 2004 to be used to support interagency information technology projects.
The Michigan Department of Community Health has awarded Bull Information Systems Inc. a $5.1 million contract for an executive information system to measure the effectiveness of health care programs and services.
Adaytum Inc. has forged separate alliances with Accenture Ltd. and the Government Finance Officers Association to create a public-sector version of its integrated financial planning solution.
