State chief information officers are finding that a number of companies with limited or no tangible experience in computer security are trying to obtain work at the state level, and that is making the CIO's job tougher.
How much more can Clark Kelso do? Last spring, California Gov. Gray Davis appointed Kelso state chief information officer. This April, he agreed also to serve as interim director of the California Department of General Services until a full-time director can be found. He's holding down both jobs while keeping his position as professor of law and director of the Capital Center for Government Law and Policy at the University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento.
Bruce Barney envisions a day when police and emergency personnel responding to a major disaster in the Washington region will immediately share information electronically as they arrive at the incident. The first officer on the scene, he said, will create a file on his of her mobile laptop for the emergency. As other responders arrive, they will communicate through instant messaging, using icons identifying them as police, fire, emergency personnel or highway safety.
Keane Inc. has won a three-year, $10 million contract from the New York Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance to provide technology programming services.
<font color="CC0000> UPDATED </font> Bureaucratic red tape and a lack of standards have resulted in woefully inadequate funding for first responders, according to a study released Monday by the Council on Foreign Relations.
Meta Group has hired Thom Rubel, director of state information technology programs for the National Governors Association's Center for Best Practices, as a vice president of government strategies.
A consortium led by Electronic Systems Data Corp. and Telindus has won a five-year contract from the Flemish government to provide information and communication technology services.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has established an education services unit and hired a senior official from the Department of Education to head the operation, the company announced Wednesday
Raytheon Co. has won an $11.2 million contract from the Air Force to provide initial development work related to the service's next-generation of military global positioning system receivers.
