Stottler Henke Associates Inc. won a contract from the Navy to develop software to enhance a simulation-based training system for tactical action officers.
Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $17.4 million contract from the Navy to support a program that oversees all technical products for submarine combat systems.
MetroFi Inc. has won a contract from Portland, Ore., to build a citywide Wi-Fi network that will offer residents free Internet access and expand wireles coverage for city workers.
Affiliated Computer Services won a five-year, $76 million contract from the New Jersey Transit agency to refresh the technology that runs its fare collection system.
Maximus Inc. won a contract that may be worth as much as $6 million from the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to conduct outreach and education for child care within the state.
North Dakota Republican Gov. John Hoeven has appointed Lisa Feldner to serve as the state's new chief information officer. Feldner starts her new position May 8.
SYS Technologies Inc. has acquired Reality Based IT Services Ltd. in a $9.5 million cash and stock deal intended to expand its secure network solutions capabilities.
Telos Corp. won a contract from the Air Force to deploy an automated phone system for service personnel to call their families and inform them of their health and well-being.
CGI-AMS won two new local government contracts totaling more than $100 million to deploy the company's proprietary enterprise resource planning software.
Business Objects Inc. acquisition of FirstLogic Inc is part of a long-term strategy by the company to offer its customers a satisfactory data foundation for enterprise information management.
Ericsson has acquired Marconi Communications Federal Inc., a networking and telecom firm, in a move designed to expand the company's networking and telecommunications offerings to the U.S. government.
Computer Sciences Corp. won a $35.9 million contract renewal from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to handle IT support. The two-year contract has three two-year options.
The drive to centralize IT resources, consolidate IT operations and outsource non-essential government functions is expected to feed substantial growth in the state and local market over the next five years, according to Input Inc.