Affiliated Computer Services Inc. won a $400 million contract from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to support the state's Medicaid program and other healthcare programs.
<FONT SIZE=2>Government health departments will be among the largest purchasers of homeland security solutions at the state and local level as the nation struggles to develop the capability to respond to biological terrorist attacks.</FONT>
Xybernaut Corp. has been selected by the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center-Southeast to provide solutions to support first responders in Charleston, S.C.
California State Chief Information Officer Clark Kelso is recommending that the state establish a new management board with broad control over information technology policy.
ABM America Inc. won a $7.3 million subcontract from Lockheed Martin Corp. to provide a records management system to support a Pennsylvania State Police incident information management system.
Secretary of Commerce Don Evans is proposing that Congress consolidate the bureaus within the department responsible for technology and telecommunications policy.
BearingPoint Inc. has won a $23.9 million contract from the Ireland Department of Foreign Affairs to modernize information technology systems in the nation's passport office.
The National League of Cities is calling on Congress to create a permanent public interest trust fund that would support grants to promote state and local interoperability among first responders.
<FONT SIZE=2>State governments will rely heavily on e-government this year to squeeze every bit of efficiency from their operations as they stagger under the weight of huge and growing budget deficits.</FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2>When John Engler ended his run as Michigan governor last month, after 12 years in office, and began looking for a new job, he didn't want a cushy boardroom appointment or a figurehead executive post.</FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2>The departments of Homeland Security and Defense aren't the only ones getting a boost in IT spending in President Bush's fiscal 2004 budget proposal. The Commerce Department, for example, will see its IT budget rise to a proposed $1.54 billion in 2004, a $175 million increase over the 2003 request, according to the Office of Management and Budget.</FONT>
