The nation's governors may ask Congress this year to help them through their collective budget crisis by providing the funds needed to cover part of their fiscal 2003 deficits.
The Commerce Department's 2004 budget request includes funding to strengthen the nation's measurement and standards infrastructure, modernize the Patent and Trademark Office, homeland security standards, and continue development of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's environmental satellites.
Northrop Grumman Corp. and BEA Systems Inc. have formed a strategic alliance to pursue new business opportunities in the federal information technology market.
Anteon International Corp. won a five-year, $82 million subcontract from BearingPoint Inc. to support U.S. Navy foreign military sales for the E-2C and C-2 aircraft, the company announced today.
SSP Solutions Inc. has received orders totaling $4.8 million from the Department of Defense for digital identity authentication, administration and authorization software and firmware.
In the face of a war and continuing terrorist threats, the U.S. mayors are calling on Congress and the administration to provide direct homeland security funding.
National Information Consortium Inc. won a seven-year contract extension from Kansas to continue providing services through the state's government portal.
<FONT SIZE=2>	Virginia's push to centralize information technology management will create numerous opportunities for systems integrators, especially in providing enterprise solutions in security, project management and e-procurement, according to state and industry officials. </FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2>	IBM Corp.'s withdrawal from the competition for the Georgia Convergent Communications Outsourcing Project has pushed the $1.8 billion project to the brink of cancellation, according to analysts and industry experts. </FONT>
Computer Sciences Corp. won a $25 million contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue developing and supporting the agency's national electronic disease surveillance system.
