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UK hires Northrop for fingerprint system
Northrop won a $244 million contract to implement the Ident1 system that will bring collections of fingerprints and palm prints in England, Scotland and Wales into a single system.
California seeks to make taxes easy
ReadyReturn will let some taxpayers use prefilled returns
Workforce
Afghanistan gets talking books
HHS delivered 2,000 interactive health education books for women in Afghanistan.
IT Modernization
Rochester upgrades 311
The nonemergency police call center now has a Motorola enterprise management system.
IT Modernization
Florida to build wireless system
The plan is to have all counties' public safety and first responder personnel connected to the statewide wireless communications system by the end of 2005.
Workforce
Covansys works with SPIRIT
The Chickasaw Nation awarded a $3 million contact to Covansys to develop a Web-based system for the Successful Partners in Reaching Innovative Technology program.
Workforce
Helping everybody get along
New homeland security system will create the framework for emergency response
Workforce
County officials urge ongoing intergovernmental cooperation
Cooperation across all levels of government is necessary for homeland security, officials said.
Workforce
DHS grant time extended
State and local governments will have almost four months instead of five days to use money from DHS' fiscal 2005 grants.
Technologies will be taking stock
Key indicators would measure the nation's well-being
Workforce
Group to launch terrorist database
Web-based system seeks to provide authorities with terrorist info.
People
WiSPER hires Newstrom
Virginia's former secretary of technology will be the president and CEO for the developer of solutions for portable electronic records.
Northrop to run Indianapolis IT operations
Indianapolis and Marion County officials chose Northrop Grumman over Unisys for a $46 million contract.
GAO ponders national indicators
A Web-based system that analyzes hordes of economic and societal data could paint a general picture of American life, the Government Accountability Office says.
People
Two superpowers grapple with IT issues
CIOs in Japan and U.S. deal with access, info-sharing and training issues
Workforce
Ill. homeland security group includes local execs
The Elected Officials Working Group for Homeland Security will serve as the primary link between the officials on the Illinois Terrorism Task Force and cities and towns.
Workforce