After a tussle over payment and contract issues, Virginia health offices are getting 115 laptop computers to help monitor swine flu in the state.
The Health Department's computers were held up for about three weeks while the contractor that provides information technology services to the state hesitated.
Northrop Grumman, which has a 10-year, $2.3 billion contract with Virginia, was initially uncertain it would be paid for the computers.
Samuel Abbate of Northrop Grumman says those discussions were quickly cleared up and the request approved.
Dr. James Burns, deputy commissioner for public health, says the computers will be paid for with federal funds, although he didn't provide a cost per unit.
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Information from: Richmond Times-Dispatch, http://www.timesdispatch.com