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House panel to probe FBI case file system
The head of the House subcommittee with oversight of the FBI’s budget has launched an investigation into the bureau’s troubled Virtual Case Files program.
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Alliant draft RFPs scheduled for release
The GSA will release the draft request for proposals by March 31 for its new Alliant and Alliant small business governmentwide acquisition contracts.<@SM>
People
OMB: 2004 good year for E-Gov Act implementation
The administration described in detail the government’s accomplishments in implementing the act in a report to Congress.
People
FDIC: What’s good for banks is good for e-gov
The agency that insures U.S. bank deposits says electronic banking has outgrown the single-factor password authentication most often used to protect accounts, a finding that could affect e-government initiatives.
People
PBGC seeks e-records system
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., the nation’s pension insurance provider, is seeking information to implement an electronic records management system.
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DHS, Justice launch federal data model
The Homeland Security and Justice departments have unveiled plans to work jointly on a common computer language that could become a model for agencies to use to share information.
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IG’s message to IRS: Secure all your e-mail
The IRS has a program that can protect taxpayers’ sensitive financial data when agency employees share it via e-mail; the problem is that not all employees use the encrypted messaging, a new inspector general report says.
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GAO list helps navigate rules for financial IT
The Government Accountability Office last month published a checklist of core financial system requirements to help agencies meet federal mandates.
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Davis questions security of Treasury site
Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) has asked the Treasury Department to make sure that it can protect personal information collected when people buy savings bonds electronically.
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IRS e-filing hits a midpoint record
Taxpayers are e-filing at a record rate, the IRS said today at the midpoint of the tax filing season.
People
Can you hear me now? In Senate buildings, the answer is yes
The Senate has turned on an in-house cellular network that lets government employees place and receive calls, as well as check BlackBerry devices, from the bowels of various buildings.
People
Three agencies must account for missed E-Travel deadline
Three agencies have until March 30 to explain why they did not meet the Dec. 31, 2004, deadline to award an E-Travel contract.
People
Virginia elects Unisys for voter registration system
The state has awarded Unisys a seven-year, $8 million contract to implement a statewide system.<@SM>
People
EDS wins Wisconsin Medicaid system deal
Wisconsin has tapped the company to build and run a new Medicaid system under a seven-year, $189.1 million contract.
People
EDS to aid Pearson on student aid systems revamp
Under a $116 million deal, EDS will provide the enterprise architecture and application integration for Education's upgrade of its student loan program.
People
On this day, the “E” in e-gov stands for excellence
Government and industry officials gathered this month at a Washington lunch to honor agencies that received Excellence.gov Awards for their e-government systems.
People
GSA issues RFI for e-travel data collection, analysis
The General Services Administration and the Defense Department are looking for vendors to manage the data from all agency electronic travel systems.
People
Social Security to collect personal data for Medicare drug plan
The Social Security Administration will collect and compare income, benefits and other personal information from several agencies related to seniors applying for assistance under the new Medicare drug benefit.
People
Novell’s Hula says ‘aloha’ to open source
BOSTON—Novell Inc. will open source the e-mail and calendar functions of its NetMail enterprise collaboration server software.
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NIH accelerates posting of work it has funded
The National Institutes of Health is asking scientists to voluntarily make their biomedical research results available through the agency’s searchable database within 12 months of publication.
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