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March 05, 2008
New Business
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. has been awarded a renewed contract by Northrop Grumman Information Technology to provide electronic benefit transfer (EBT) services to the Department of Human Services for the State of Illinois. The five-year contract has a value of $36 million to ACS, and was reflected in ACS' second quarter fiscal year 2008 renewals. As a sub-contractor to Northrop Grumman, ACS provides retail management and software support services for the state's Illinois Link program, which enables food stamp and cash assistance recipients to receive benefits electronically through the use of a LINK debit card at a retail store. ACS has served the state since 2001.
Posted by jbowles at March 5, 2008 07:07 PM

