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DHS group wants harmonization, visualization tools
A request for information from a Homeland Security Department group could influence the future of all e-government projects.<@SM>
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FDA to upgrade reporting system for drug reactions
The Food and Drug Administration seeks industry information about how to build a more comprehensive version of its Adverse Event Reporting System. <@SM>
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Incumbent vendor wins Geospatial One-Stop revamp
ESRI will redesign the Geospatial One Stop portal that it created under a new five-year, $2.4 million contract. <@SM>
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New features ease BPM planning
Installing business process management software is just one part of setting up an enterprisewide workflow.
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Process makes perfect
When Prince William County, Va., decided to automate the routing of internal forms, it found that standard workflow software wasn’t up to the job.
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PTO puts trademark application files online
The Patent and Trademark Office is now making official trademark application files, including decisions by trademark examining attorneys, available online. <@SM>
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OPM launches one-stop hiring site
The Office of Personnel Management is trying to make the hiring process a little easier for agencies by including all information on a single Web site.
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CIOs need to get behind telework, GSA says
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED)</font color> Agency CIOs are partly to blame for only about 100,000 of 750,000 eligible feds teleworking at least one day a week, GSA deputy administrator David Bibb says.<@SM>
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CMS proposes e-prescribing standards
Electronic prescribing lets physicians digitally transmit prescriptions to pharmacies and obtain drug plan eligibility information.
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Federal GIS users want better GPS fit
A survey of registrants for an ESRI user conference found their top concerns are GIS interoperability, data standards and policies for sharing geospatial information.
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Defense projects lead 25 finalists for Excellence.gov awards
Seven projects run by military agencies are among the 25 finalists for the Excellence.gov awards.<@SM>
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Lines of Business consolidation may limit small agencies’ choices
USAID among the smaller agencies that fear they will have no leverage with shared service providers.
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CMS to track Medicare drug benefit costs
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants to build an efficient framework to track seniors’ out-of-pocket expenses under Medicare’s new drug benefit. <@SM>
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Forest Service will revisit rec site bids
The Forest Service will heed the Government Accountability Office’s suggestions and reopen discussions with vendors for the Recreation One-Stop e-government contract.
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IRS takes bold step, mandates e-filing of corporate returns
To radically scale up its electronic filing, the IRS will make e-filing mandatory for an estimated 30,000 corporations and nonprofits during the next two years—even though it only began accepting these organizations’ tax returns electronically for the first time last year.
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IT security trips up two agencies on scorecard
Systems security concerns caused the Veterans Affairs Department’s and the Small Business Administration’s e-government initiatives to each drop a grade in the latest ratings for the President’s Management Agenda.
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Report: Expect 38 percent hike in e-gov spending
Even with efforts to consolidate software purchases and limit agencies’ IT budgets, e-government spending will grow 38 percent to nearly $6 billion over the next five years, according to a report from Input.
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Payment compliance system will target tax deadbeats
The IRS plans to collect more delinquent payments from taxpayers by implementing a filing and payment compliance system.
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“Did you hear...”
At a recent meeting of the President’s Management Council, President Bush wanted to review agencies’ progress on his management agenda. When council members walked into the room, it took them less than 10 seconds to realize that the best-performing agencies were seated closest to Bush, while the worst performers were seated further away.
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Another View: Is the administration’s e-gov game all talk?
Nearly everyone in the Office of Governmentwide Policy is walking on eggshells lately.
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