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.
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