FBI taps Datatrac for background-check call center

Datatrac Information Services Inc. has won a five-year, $48 million contract from the FBI to provide a call center for the bureau's instant criminal background check system.

Report: R&D market to reach $45 billion by 2009

The push to transform the armed services by providing them with interoperable, digital systems will continue to offer business opportunities, according to new analysis.

Dyntek acquires network and application security firm

Dyntek Inc. has acquired Mormar Technology Inc., a network and application security consulting firm.

Indiana taps Keane for welfare data support

Keane Inc. has won a two-year, $3.5 million contract from the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration to provide services and support for the agency's welfare data warehouse.

Maximus board appoints Davenport president and COO

Maximus Inc.'s board appointed long-time company executive Lynn Davenport as its president and chief operating officer.

Intelligent transportation

When Hurricane Isabel lashed the Mid-Atlantic states last month, downed trees, power lines and widespread flooding pinched off roads and highways throughout the region. In Maryland, state highway officials monitored the road closures and eased traffic delays using a $90 million statewide intelligent transportation system known as the Coordinated Highways Action Response Team, or CHART.

Motorola to build Serbian ID network

Motorola Inc. has won a $21 million contract from the Republic of Serbia to deploy a nationwide integrated identification system.

BearingPoint wins Mass. e-procurement deal

BearingPoint Inc. has won a five-year, $4.7 million contract from Massachusetts to provide an electronic procurement portal.

Alabama re-ups EDS for Medicaid services

EDS Corp. has won a three-year, $40 million contract to continue managing Alabama's Medicaid program.

HUD taps Orizon for integrated HR system

Orizon Inc. has won a five-year contract from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide an integrated human resources and training system.

Deloitte decides one word will suffice

Deloitte Consulting and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu have combined their operations into one business to be known simply as Deloitte.

SRA to upgrade Medicare payment system

SRA International Inc. has won a 27-month, $5 million contract from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to modernize the agency's Medicare managed-care payment system.

Tier wins Alabama, Minnesota human services deals

Tier Technologies Inc. has won two human services contracts totaling more than $9 million.

Homeland Security hands out communications grants

Seventeen local governments will receive $79.6 million in joint interoperable communications grants.

Motorola gets Toronto public safety deal

Motorola has won a $3.1 million contract from the Toronto Police Service to provide the department with an integrated identification network.

Industry: Spend innovatively

A new industry report recommends states adopt innovative ways for funding information technology projects to offset the steep budget cuts that threaten new programs.

NASCIO re-elects Wethington president

Missouri Chief Information Officer Gerry Wethington was re-elected president of the National Association of State CIOs.

Wash. Medicaid services deal goes to ACS

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won a five-year, $6 million contract from the state of Washington to provide electronic data interchange transaction processing in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the company announced today.

Va. taps PC Mall Gov for Microsoft deal

PC Mall Gov Inc. won a two-year, $26 million contract from Virginia to provide Microsoft Corp. products under a statewide, large-area reseller contract.

Air Force re-ups Raytheon for DARPA wireless project

Raytheon Co. has won a $4 million contract to continue developing technology for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Next Generation Wireless Communications program, the company announced this week.