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EDS boss defends government contract record
News The negative publicity surrounding EDS's loss, after nearly 10 years, of the £3bn contract at the Inland Revenue, was a case of "debugging really big government systems on the six o'clock news", said Thomas.
[January 8, 2007, 14:21]
Norway government cancels Microsoft contract
News The Norwegian government has cancelled an exclusive software contract with Microsoft, saying that greater competition would deliver better, less costly solutions. The government made the decision because it was unsatisified with the Microsoft...
[July 15, 2002, 13:22]
US Government renews domain-name contract
News The US Government this week renewed its contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), effectively extending its grip on the administrative body that co-ordinates Net addressing until to 2011.
[August 17, 2006, 10:25]
US government awards Lucent $75m Iraq contract
News The US Department of Defense has awarded Lucent Technologies a $75m contract to repair or upgrade communications networks used by Iraqi private businesses and the nation's interim government agencies, Lucent said on Thursday.
[March 26, 2004, 12:00]
US Government renews domain-name contract
Talkback The U.S.government is, well, the U.S.government, but its constitution does force it to have a bit more respect for free speech than any other government on earth. Do I understand the implications of this?
[August 17, 2006, 19:40]
US Government renews domain-name contract
Talkback It's time to establish non US controlled ICANN's world wide. At least then both the US and ICANN will actually listen to what others have to say. Of course non US governments could wait until 2011 to see what's in store for them by then but by then...
[August 17, 2006, 23:29]
Gateway beats IBM for US government contract
News Gateway representatives and Chamber of Commerce spokeswoman Liz Batenhorst would not disclose the financial terms of the contract. But, Batenhorst said, Gateway won the contract for a "combination of reasons, which included aggressive discounts...
[July 25, 2001, 15:00]
Atos Origin wins £14m government contract
News The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced a £14m contract with Atos Origin for IT services. Under the new contract, Atos Origin will continue to provide the infrastructure for department, and manage all applications support and...
[December 21, 2007, 8:51]
Environment Agency seeks green IT partner
News The Environment Agency has posted a tender for what it hopes will be the most environmentally sustainable government IT contract to date. We're looking to work with a partner who can step up to this challenge, ensuring this is the most...
[December 17, 2007, 15:41]
IBM to build fastest supercomputers to date
News IBM has won a $290m government contract to build what are expected to be the world's two fastest supercomputers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the company plans to announce on Tuesday. Also included in the $290m government contract is a...
[November 19, 2002, 9:53]
Motorola rejects Malaysian bribery allegations
News Motorola has rejected allegations that it broke any local laws pertaining to its reinvestment plans and involvement in a government contract in the Malaysian state of Penang. The country's opposition parties made claims the Malaysian government was...
[March 14, 2008, 15:03]
Friday
Blog Microsoft gets the Norwegian blues, as the Nordic government cancels the contract that gave Bill and pals sole supplier status for public service software. Nobody expects Microsoft to take this sitting down, and while the company won't comment at...
[July 15, 2002, 16:41]
IBM's ID card contract to last seven years
News IBM's contract to supply technology for ID cards will last seven years, despite the possibility that a change in government could scupper the scheme. The company and the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) announced the contract term on Friday.
[July 10, 2009, 17:56]
BT loses UK Online contract
News British Telecom has lost its contract to host the government's portal UK Online, after running the site for just one year. BT's contract to host the service expired at the beginning of September 2001, but the Cabinet Office announced on Tuesday...
[September 25, 2001, 16:59]
Gov't awards £400m biometric-passport contract
News The UK government has awarded the contract for creating the next generation of British passports to secure-document specialist De La Rue. The Identity and Passport Service on Thursday announced the £400m contract for the passports, which will be...
[June 12, 2009, 11:54]
More government eyes on Qwest
News The federal government is reviewing the contract status of Qwest Communications International in light of the embattled telecoms company's accounting problems. Qwest was recently awarded a contract to supply network services for the Advanced...
[July 15, 2002, 7:57]
Find a lucrative contract with this comprehensive list of state-related bidding links
White Papers One of the surest sources for IT contract work is your state government. Is this contract source growing or shrinking? State government contracts can be a sure source of work for information technology consultants.
[May 12, 2006, 1:00]
Dutch MPs fight Microsoft deal
News The potential contract, which would run for five years and be worth €147m, has been questioned by several Dutch MPs who say it contravenes the Dutch government's policy on open-source software. The ministers were also asked whether the government...
[December 13, 2004, 13:50]
Microsoft controlling Australian Gov't 2.0 funds
News On Wednesday, Australia's Government 2.0 Taskforce released a draft contract for those receiving money from its Project Fund, which revealed that any funding contracts will be between successful bidders and Microsoft — not the commonwealth.
[October 1, 2009, 13:33]
HP forks out $105m to Canadian government
News Separately, Canada said it is satisfied that HP has fulfilled its contract obligations. The case involved an HP Canada contract to provide information technology products and services to Canada's Department of National Defense (DND), tasks for...
[May 17, 2004, 16:35]
