The state settled a lawsuit with the defense contractor to end a 13-year contract as it inaugurates a new multi-vendor IT model.

The state's chief information officer says the break is a step toward a multi-vendor model that will ultimately provide more flexibility and higher-quality IT services.

Science Applications International Corp. has been interviewing and re-hiring employees affected by Virginia canceling its 13-year contract with Northrop.

The commonwealth's technology agency is exercising a clause in the 13-year contract that allows for early termination.

The state's technology agency has announced two major breakthroughs in a new IT sourcing model: a new managed security services contract and a two-year-old messaging project that has finally broken free from legal delays.

Virginia's single-provider contract with Northrop Grumman is the last of a dying breed in government.

The technology leader will help usher the commonwealth into a new IT services model as it escapes a contract with Northrop Grumman.

If IT can't stand up new services or reach a compromise with its current contractor by the end of October, more than half of the commonwealth's employees will be without email access.

A new vendor named to coordinate service contracts shows progress for state IT. Meanwhile, Virginia stands to incur 4 million in liabilities as it escapes from its estranged contractor.