Deltek Analyst Kristin Howe reports. The University of Tennessee – Chattanooga is known for being a large metropolitan college with a beautiful campus. It is not generally known for its emergency preparedness, but it should be. When most people think of campus safety and security, they think of the traditional blue-light alarm systems installed atRead… Read more »
Deltek Principal Analyst Brian Coyle reports. Over the past few weeks, GovWin has blogged about various states which have been working to improve efficiency and cut costs in the wake of tightening budget environments. One state which was stood out in making these improvements is Colorado. Currently, Colorado ranks as one of the more efficientRead… Read more »
Deltek Sr. Analyst Chris Cotner reports. In previous articles, GovWin illustrated how state budget efficiency can be used as a metric for future budget increases or decreases. While those articles focused on state all-funds budget efficiency, this article focuses instead on health care and social services budgets. The analysis outlined below offers insight into stateRead… Read more »
Deltek Sr. Analyst Jeff Webster reports. On November 9, Los Angeles County, Calif. released the much-anticipated LA-RICS request for proposals (RFP) number two. This RFP is a rebid of the original RFP, which was released in April 2010 and canceled in July 2011 due to a breach in procurement rules. Since then, the LA-RICS JointRead… Read more »
Deltek Sr. Analyst Jeff Webster reports. With October 1 marking the beginning of a new fiscal year for the federal government, and a good majority of state governments three to four months deep in their fiscal year, government procurement calendars are beginning to take shape. Over the last month, Deltek has reported on a wideRead… Read more »
Deltek Sr. Analyst Chris Cotner reports. This is the final article in a multi-part series on justice and public safety (JPS) and homeland security (HS) state budgets. Having just wrapped up Crime Prevention Month, GovWin is offering this last piece of analysis to close the loop. In deference to brevity, background and methodology can beRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Kristin Howe reports. The homeland security and justice and public safety markets had many familiar trends in October, with next generation 911 (NG911) projects taking a large portion of state and local spending. The other major player was narrowband radio systems, which will likely continue to have a strong presence until the FCC’sRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Aila Altman reports. Teachers, school nurses and medical professionals in Miami-Dade County, the fourth largest school district in the nation, will soon be able to access comprehensive student records that include not only health information, but education and social services data as well. Through collaboration with Microsoft, The Children’s Trust, Health Choice NetworkRead… Read more »
Deltek Sr. Analyst Chris Cotner reports. This article is a continuation of the good news budget analysis series covering specific justice and public safety (JPS) state opportunities. As illustrated in a previous article, here, GovWin developed a set of statistical projection models to examine future state budget trends in the JPS vertical. In brief, stateRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Derek Johnson reports. The 2011 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference was held October 17-21 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. The theme of the conference was almost exclusively IT-based and focused on strategies to leverage IT solutions and systems software, and technology to improve the higher education learning experience. Judging by the more thanRead… Read more »