The General Services Administration is requiring state and local governments and Indian tribes to pay a $125 annual fee to use the ".gov" Internet domain registry.
The federal government's spending on information technology will slow down over the next five years, but the impact on IT contractors will be minimal, according to London market research firm Datamonitor plc.
State and local governments want new interoperability standards and additional funding from the federal government to help them improve their ability to gather and analyze terrorist threat information.
When city officials in the nation's capital decided to build an interoperable wireless network for first responders, they adopted an approach that had barely been tested commercially, much less in government.
The Homeland Security Department will complete a project next month that would enable first responders in 10 cities to communicate in the event of an emergency.
Five companies have won a five-year, $150 million contract from the General Services Administration for contact center services to help government agencies better deliver services.
Telecommunication Systems Inc. has won a five-year, $20 million contract to provide IT services and systems integration support at seven Army installations.
Virginia has awarded a five-year, $329 million contract to Motorola Inc. to provide a statewide radio system to support communications among 20 agencies.
David Sullivan's job doesn't stop at information technology. As chief information officer for Virginia Beach, Va., Sullivan is responsible not only for the city's $25 million annual IT budget, but also for its public libraries, media communications and citizen outreach.
Pennsylvania officials are struggling to build a pre-Sept. 11, 2001, statewide radio system that must meet the needs of a world radically changed by the events of that day.
State governments usually aren't aware they are sending IT work offshore because it is done through subcontracts or foreign firms with U.S. addresses, a new study finds.
