The departments of Homeland Security and Justice are supporting the creation of a new analytical tool that will help states battle terrorism by enabling them to quickly share and analyze information from multiple commercial and government databases.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. won a five-year contract from the Arizona Supreme Court and Arizona Administrative Office of the Courts to provide compliance and collections services, the company announced today. The contract value was not disclosed.
Lucent Technologies Inc. has won a $25 million subcontract from Bechtel Corp. to provide emergency repair and rehabilitation services for the communications network in Iraq.
The Tampa, Fla., Police Department will not renew its facial recognition software contract with Identix Inc., the department announced, noting that the software proved reliable, but they were unable to make any positive identifications or arrests by using it.
Northrop Grumman Information Technology Inc. has won a five-year, $8.9 million contract from the California Department of Child Support Services to provide program management for the state's child support automation system project.
The systems put in place to respond to a national emergency worked effectively during last week's electricity blackout, but more must be done to ensure the nation can prevent or respond to future crises, Tom Ridge, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, told the nation's governors Aug. 18.
DigitalNet Government Solutions Inc. won a three-year, $22 million contract from the FBI to provide information technology support services, the company announced today.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. won an $8.6 million contract from Louisiana to collect child support payments, the company announced today. The three-year contract also has two options years.
The state is delaying its $136-million purchase of new voting equipment and services until it can complete further security reviews and audits of electronic voting devices, Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell announced.
The state plans to release a request for proposal this October to outsource its telecommunications services to a private company. The five-year contract is estimated to be worth more than $50 million.
	Robin Siss was appointed Vermont's chief information officer and will head the new Department of Information and Innovation, Gov. Jim Douglas announced.
Local governments that wouldn't have entertained the notion of outsourcing their technology infrastructures as recently as two years ago are warming to the idea because of the poor economy.
Lawson Software Inc. won a contract worth more than $2 million from the transportation department in Orange County, Calif., to provide enterprise resource planning software.
Science Applications International Corp. will conduct a risk assessment of Maryland's electronic voting system in the wake of a report by researchers at Johns Hopkins University that found alleged security flaws in the system.
