Massachusetts issued an open-standards policy this month that directs agencies to consider using open-source software when purchasing new information technology systems.
State and local governments will continue their full-scale retreat from offshore outsourcing this year to avoid the political backlash that often accompanies the loss of government jobs to overseas sites, industry and government officials said.
The Virginia Information Technology Investment Board has tapped Lemuel Stewart Jr., a former director of the Virginia Department of Information Technology, to be the state's chief information officer.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. and the Georgia Department of Community Health have tentatively settled a dispute involving a health claims processing contract.
Maximus Inc. has won a contract from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development to provide Milwaukee County with additional welfare-to-work program services.
American Management Systems Inc. has won a $26.8 million contract from New Jersey to design and implement an automated child welfare management information system.
Indiana Tax Commissioner Kenneth Miller had every reason to believe that recent improvements in tax administration were paying off, but he needed a way to demonstrate tangible results to the governor and legislature.
State governments this year will spend heavily on enterprise resource planning projects and financial management systems to help them slash costs and even generate revenue, according to industry officials.
