Digital Government

Task force urges security collaboration

A national task force on software development called for common knowledge to be applied where it is now given only lip service.

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IRS offers corporate e-filing

It's the first time the agency has used XML to receive tax returns.

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Agencies to organize digital records

By 2007, the National Archives and Records Administration anticipates having an operational archive for digital materials.

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Oversight board pushes for more money for IRS

The board's suggested budget includes more spending on information technology.

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DHS says it can handle cyberattacks

Homeland Security officials told lawmakers that the department would have the authority and the wherewithal to coordinate an appropriate response to a cyberattack on the nation's infrastructure.

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Social Security rejects testing advice

SSA officials say a GAO suggestion to test its planned system for disability claims before putting modules into action will take too long.

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Goal: See the forest and the trees

Automated system will link Forest Service spending with strategic goals

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Ladner to quit Treasury CIO job

He is expected to leave by the end of the month.

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Security needs better education for programmers

So says an official from the Homeland Security Department.

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Panel sees room for e-gov improvement

A panel at the FOSE conference concluded that more work needs to be done on e-government.

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Post office backs off e-commerce

But the organization needs to be able to expand beyond its traditional business, the postmaster general says.

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NIST honored for library tech

A Library of Congress committee will give awards to federal libraries and librarians for outstanding work and technological innovations in 2003.

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Lieberman blasts Bush cybersecurity plan

The Democratic senator's latest criticism of DHS focuses on the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace.

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ERIC gets $34.6 million upgrade

CSC won the Education Resources Information Center contract to build a single database and create a new search engine with access to full articles.

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Death list for sale

The official Death Master File can be yours for $995 a year.

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Security law no cause for carping

FISMA adds to management workload, but is worth the effort, IRS officials find

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Desktop giant

Next version of Windows expected to have big hardware needs

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Your own people may be the problem

A recent independent audit of computer systems at five Internal Revenue Service field offices found dozens of security lapses.

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Retooling e-authentication

Draft document recommends that agencies use commercial credentials

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IRS needs more money

So says the IRS Oversight Board.