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SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Gray Davis called Friday for an investigation by Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer into an embarrassing and apparently overpriced $95-million software contract with Oracle Corp., and accepted the resignation of a department head who had a hand in negotiating the deal. The Democratic governor's moves, announced after 6 p.m. Friday, come amid a legislative investigation into the deal and a highly critical state auditor's report. With Davis facing reelection, the contract, coupled with campaign donations from Oracle, gave fodder to his challenger, Bill Simon Jr... ...[Additional text here]... ...Oracle donated $25,000 to Davis in June, shortly after the...

FAIRFIELD, CA - - Mar. 19, 1999 - -Gensa Corporation has been awarded an information technology (IT) services contract by Logicon Inc., a Northrop Grumman company. Gensa will to support the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Technology Service for the Pacific Rim Region. The initial contract is for two years with eight one-year options. The multiple award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract is under the Federal Information Systems Support program known as Generation VII Applications n’ Support for Widely-diverse EndUser Requirements (ANSWER). The ANSWER mission is to provide flexible, responsive, easy-to-use and cost-effective IT services for Federal agencies. Gensa will...

May 6, 2002 Hearing Set on Oracle Deal Government: State lawmakers begin probe of controversial $95-million software agreement, even as officials try to rescind it.      By MIGUEL BUSTILLO and JULIE TAMAKI, Times Staff Writers SACRAMENTO -- State lawmakers will delve into the details of California's controversial computer contract with Oracle Corp. today, hoping to learn more about a $95-million deal that gave the state more software than there are state employees and is turning into a major embarrassment for the Davis administration. State officials are already moving to undo the contract after a scathing audit last month that...

<p>Wide-ranging investigations into the state's $95 million computer software contract with Oracle Corp. began focusing Friday on the role of Logicon Inc., which brokered the suspect deal.</p> <p>Attorney General Bill Lockyer said he was zeroing in on the role of the Virginia-based information technology company, which served as consultant to the state and stands to collect as much as $28.5 million from the Oracle contract.</p>

Focus shifts to 2nd firm in probe of Oracle pact CONFLICT INQUIRY: Logicon advised state while helping software company Robert Salladay, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau Saturday, May 4, 2002 Sacramento -- As executives for Oracle Corp. and the state huddled Friday to cancel a flawed $95 million software contract, Attorney General Bill Lockyer focused his growing investigation on an Oracle business partner that allegedly hid its involvement in the final deal. Investigators are looking into whether Logicon, a division of Northrop Grumman and an Oracle reseller in California, violated conflict-of-interest laws by consulting with the state on technology issues while working...