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OMB: Focus on cybersecurity before new projects
The Office of Management and Budget has told 18 agencies not to develop, modernize or enhance IT systems until their cybersecurity problems are fixed.<br>
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OMB: E-Gov cooperation starts right here
Tad Anderson, OMB’s associate administrator for e-government and IT, said his office must communicate better with Congress about the benefits of the IT reform agenda.<br><@SM>
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Treasury crafts smart software license buy
The Treasury Department plans to use savings from reduced maintenance fees on a contract for its IRS.gov portal to expand the contract and help pay for enterprisewide software licensing.
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Fewer inky fingers at Virginia county’s libraries
The gentle thud of a librarian ink-stamping the due date on a card will soon vanish from public libraries in Fairfax County, Va., where a new system is creating automated receipts.<@SM>
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President’s plan: Funnel GWAC, schedule fees to E-Gov Fund
The administration is trying to make up for the $87 million shortfall in money appropriated to the E-Government Fund over the last three years by tapping fees generated by schedule and governmentwide acquisition contracts.<br>
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OPM gets to green on e-gov rating
The Office of Personnel Management has done what only one other agency has accomplished: reached e-government nirvana.
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More time needed to test software
Agencies are having a hard time meeting some of OMB's deadlines for migrating to e-government projects.<br>
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Harvard honors government’s best and brightest
Ten federal programs were among the 50 best and brightest government projects named today as semifinalists for Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government awards for innovation.<br><@SM>
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Tax industry says its involvement is key to IRS increasing e-filers
Tax professionals are essential to ensuring that more returns are filed electronically, the chairman of the Council for Electronic Revenue Communication Advancement said.<br>
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FirstGov’s FAST engine gets faster
To speed responses to FirstGov site visitors, the General Services Administration will update the portal’s search engine software.<br>
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OPM preparing online learning contract
The Office of Personnel Management by early March will release a request for proposals for online training services for its E-Learning e-government project.<br>
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E-Gov fund shortchanged again
The $820 billion Omnibus Appropriations Bill that the Senate passed last night allocated only $3 million for the E-Government fund—$2 million less than last year and $42 million less than the president’s request.<@SM>
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Navy e-business unit targets back-office projects
The Navy’s eBusiness Operations Office works like many military units; it finds a target and looks for the simplest, most efficient way of hitting it.<@SM>But in the case of the e-business office, the targets are ways to improve the service’s back-office operations, and its ammunition is the funding to support them.
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60 percent of taxpayers eligible for free e-file
Most taxpayers are eligible to use the IRS’ free tax preparation and electronic filing program, the agency announced today.<br>
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Security analysts recommend scrapping online voting plans
A group of security analysts who have evaluated Defense Department plans for an online voting pilot have recommended that the plan be scrapped because its security cannot be ensured.<br><@SM>
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Share-in-savings is one approach to e-gov sustainability
With many of the 25 Quicksilver e-government initiatives in their final phases, the Office of Management and Budget wants agencies to consider using a share-in-savings model to fund their operation and maintenance.<br>
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Improved USAJobs site attracting hordes of job hunters
Federal job seekers are using the new USAJobs Web site at a rate of more than 10 times the previous site, the Office of Personnel Management said.<br>
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CADE release depends on employee mastery
The new IRS taxpayer database will go live this year if and when workers at the agency’s Martinsburg, W.Va., data center can operate the Customer Account Data Engine under peak demand.<@SM><@SM>
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IRS makes it easier for business filers to pay online
The IRS has streamlined its electronic payment system for business taxpayers who get a new Employer Identification Number.
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DHS computer operations begin to stand alone
The Homeland Security Department has largely cut its umbilical cord of IT support from the legacy agencies that for months had continued to provide services to DHS’ 22 component organizations.<br>
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