When California officials contracted out the state portal four years ago, their strategy was the antithesis of an enterprise approach. Rather than awarding one prime contract, they awarded 20 contracts to six contractors.
Companies that want to capitalize on opportunities related to data sharing and interoperability need to refrain from developing "one-off" solutions and use what resources they have instead, NASCIO's president said.
Dyntek Inc. has won a $4 million contract extension from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services to continue providing child support management services.
States will continue to make most of their large purchases through the competitive purchasing process rather than the GSA Schedule 70, according to a new report.
Al Edmonds, EDS Corp.'s vice president of government operations, will retire from the company this summer, EDS announced today. Edmonds has led the U.S. government group for the past six years.
Computer Sciences Corp. has won a $74 million contract from the Maryland Department of Transportation to provide network management services, the company announced today.
Raytheon Co.'s Integrated Defense Systems unit has won a $38.7 million contract from the Navy to provide a ship self-defense system with an open architecture-computing environment.
Federal officials are hoping to bolster support among states for an anti-terrorism information-sharing network with a new approach that would let each state keep greater control over its information.
EDS Corp. has fired a verbal broadside at its health services rival Affiliated Computer Services Inc., protesting the award to ACS of a Medicaid replacement system contract in North Carolina.
