People

NCSA plans Social Security study

Social Security officials hope the National Center for Supercomputing Applications can find ways to get more citizens to use the Ticket to Work program.

People

More money sought for anti-crime network

The Bush administration says it will ask for a 12.7 percent increase in the budget for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.

People

Judge upholds Eolas ruling against Microsoft

But the USPTO officials are reviewing the disputed patent for Web plug-ins.

People

IRS to test data engine

An official for the tax agency says the Customer Account Data Engine's latest round of testing will finish in 2004.

Acquisition

Postal Service searches for savings via IT

Technology helped cut supply chain costs for the U.S. Postal Service last year, and officials expect more to come.

People

USDA plans custom site

Farmers will be able to access conservation contracts, commodity payments and loans through MyUSDA.gov, officials said.

Digital Government

Support swells for livestock ID system

U.S. to speed project in wake of mad cow find in Washington state

Digital Government

Free File code worries tax pros

The IRS Free File program has become the focus of a digital-privacy dispute.

People

IRS unveils 1040 Central site

Officials say the new online service offers nearly everything that taxpayers must know for filing 2003 tax returns.

Digital Government

USDA seeks cash for cow tracking

Mad cow disease notwithstanding, Agriculture officials are still looking for money to fund a national livestock ID program.

People

IRS puts CSC on short leash

Contractor blocked from bidding on new projects until current work fixed

Cybersecurity

Union: Make ID standards public

Concerns about proposed standards for federal employee ID cards have the president of the National Treasury Employees Union to request wider discussion.

People

IRS to miss e-filing target?

A member of the IRS Oversight Board believes the tax agency will miss its goal of having 80 percent of federal tax returns filed electronically by 2007.

People

Sasser not a fed harasser

The Sasser worm was a nonevent for federal government offices, officials say.

Modernization

USPS orders 300,000 scanners

The Postal Service wants Motorola handheld devices for reading signatures and bar codes.

Acquisition

BofA loss raises tape questions

The practice of shipping backup tapes to remote sites may be reviewed in light of the loss of computer tapes with financial information on more than 1 million feds.