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Article: San Diego County Poised to Create 'Virtual Government'; CAO Walt Ekard Recommends $644 Million Information Technology Pact.
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- PR Newswire
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- October 18, 1999
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The following announcement was made Friday, October 15, by the County of San Diego.
San Diego County CAO Walt Ekard announced that he will bring a groundbreaking $644 million proposal to upgrade the County's computer and telephone systems before the Board of Supervisors on Oct. 26.
If the seven-year contract is approved by the Board, it would be the largest information outsourcing project carried out by a local government agency in the United States.
The proposed contract calls for every desktop computer used by a County employee to be replaced within 36 months of the start of the contract and again ...