Digital Government
Treasury announces senior tech hires
Tim Duncan and David Forrest will be the senior technology leaders for the implementation team at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Digital Government
Misuse of tax ID numbers costs at least $380M, IG says
An inspector general report said the IRS needs to improve its oversight of tax benefits for people who use Taxpayer Identification Numbers multiple times.
Acquisition
IRS to manage Treasury procurements
The Treasury Department and the IRS have signed a memorandum of understanding to begin shifting procurement to the IRS.
Digital Government
DOD cuts will slow overall fed IT spending growth
Federal spending on IT will increase slightly in the next five years. Who can expect to see their budgets grow and who faces cuts, according to new TechAmerica Foundation Vision survey forecasts.
Modernization
Electronic tax-filing system gets few takers
The IRS had expected millions of taxpayers to file online using its new system this year, but fewer than 1 million did, according to a new audit.
Digital Government
Treasury CIO Michael Duffy will return to Justice
Treasury Department CIO Michael Duffy will rejoin the Justice Department. Duffy's new job will be in the Office of the Chief Information Officer.
Cybersecurity
IRS deficient in tracking contractor employees, IG concludes
The Internal Revenue Service's processes for checking contractors are defective in identifying all the contractors who work with taxpayer data and are subject to required security reviews, according to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.
Digital Government
For privacy protection, survey says this agency delivers
Research from Ponemon Institute released today suggests that people have less confidence in the federal government's privacy commitments than they did a year ago.
Modernization
Treasury plans sweeping Web overhaul
Modernization project will include redeploying Treasury's official Web site, as well as FinancialStability.gov and MakingHomeAffordable.gov, on the cloud.
Digital Government
Interior to get new deputy CIO
Gross takes on a new role at the Interior Department, continuing the changes at the department, Matthew Weigelt writes.
People
No pulse, no pay: How the 'Do Not Pay' list will work
Vice President Joe Biden announced today that a governmentwide Do Not Pay List is being created to track debarred contractors, deceased individuals and others ineligible for federal payments.
Modernization
Cooler data centers could save millions for IRS
Federal auditors today said the IRS could save $3 million over four years by improving energy efficiency at two data centers, but the service disagreed with that estimate.
Digital Government
Treasury plans auctions for $2B services contract
Treasury Department officials are proposing that reverse auctions be used in awarding task orders under its $2 billion Total Information Processing Support Services contract.
Digital Government
Treasury shuts down 4 cloud-hosted Web sites after infection
Malicious code, which apparently came from servers in Ukraine, discovered in four Treasury Web sites hosted by a cloud service provider causes Treasury to shut down infected sites.
Cybersecurity
Union: Contractors weaken Federal Protective Service, placing feds at risk
The National Treasury Employees Union has complained to Congress that Federal Protective Service relies far too much on private contractors armed with too little training, too little funding, and too little proper management to protect federal buildings.
People
Bill would vaccinate Tricare against reform complications
A Senate bill, introduced the day before President Obama signed the health care reform law, would change the IRS code on behalf of those in military health plans.
People
US clears way for social media to reach human rights activists
An amendment issued by the Treasury Department makes it legal to export Web technologies--such as instant messaging, chat and e-mail, and social networking--to Iran, Sudan and Cuba.
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