Strengthening federal-state relations and improving information sharing will top the agenda at the meeting of state chief information officers in Washington this week.
BearingPoint Inc. has won an $18.9 million contract from Purdue University to modernize business systems by implementing enterprise resource planning software.
BAE Systems North America Inc. won a $3.3 million contract from the Coast Guard's Research and Development Center to build a port security alert system.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. won a $4.7 million contract renewal from the Ohio Bureau of Worker's Compensation for pharmacy benefits management services.
General Dynamics Corp. won two contracts totaling $2.7 million from the Army to develop and equip an advanced combat-helmet system for vehicle crewman.
ICOR Partners LLC has won a $9.8 million from the Homeland Security Department to provide enterprise portfolio management consulting, advisory and software configuration services.
Systems integrators and IT companies that want to keep abreast of the latest trends and innovations in state and local contracting need look no further than midsize states.
Not long ago, investigators at the Louisiana Social Services Department would spend hundreds of hours poring over documents to uncover evidence of food-stamp fraud.
Spending on Medicaid management information systems for state and local government is expected to grow 20 percent by fiscal 2008, according to a report from market research firm Input Inc. of Reston, Va.
Tier Technologies Inc. has won a five-year, $2.7 million contract from the Mississippi Department of Information Technology to provide an e-procurement system for the state's purchasing agency.
L-3 Communications Corp. has won a $33 million contract from the Transportation Security Administration to provide additional explosives detection systems.
