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Navy, Weather Channel team up The Navy and the Weather Channel have signed an agreement to jointly examine new ways to produce and present weather forecasts.
Digital Government
Rebates pose challenge for IRS systems
Treasury secretary to launch a Herculean effort to get tax-rebate checks to taxpayers
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Seats That Remain Warm What's good for the goose may not necessarily be good for the gander. Last week, we reported that officials at the General Services Administration were rethinking seat management, where agencies use a single contract to manage network hardware, software and services.
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VA improves access to medical records
A new program will keep the latest medical records in a central location
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They Spoke too Soon We hear the new chairman of the House Appropriations Committee's Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Subcommittee was none too pleased to hear complaints from the Internal Revenue Service that $128 million earmarked for its information technology modernization effort was being held up on Capitol Hill and could stall the program.
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Dot-gov goes retail
Move over, Amazon.com! Make way for your newest competitor in e-retailing: the federal government.
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Homesforsale.gov
A new General Services Administration Web site has become a magnet for bargain hunters, and buyers are finding great deals on everything from land in Las Vegas to mountain vistas in California.
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Word on the street is that Rear Adm. John Gauss is in line to be the next CIO at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Lawmakers query need for GSA site
Several members of Congress have asked why GSA is running an online auction site instead of private industry.
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Officials labor over VA stovepipes
IT experts are working on how to streamline the VA's aging and complicated computer systems
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IRS modernization may stall
The IRS has a money problem and is pointing to Congress, not taxpayers, as the cause.
People
IRS tuning up e-file message
New York City ad execs will present ideas for attracting online filers in greater numbers
Digital Government
IRS modernization shutdown looms
The IRS modernization effort is in danger of shutting down unless Congress releases earmarked funds
People
IRS to clamp down on Web surfing
Agency reacts to reports of rampant viewing of sites on stock trading, sports, sex and gambling
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Concklin leaving IRS modernization
Bert Concklin is leaving his job as head of the IRS' Business Systems Modernization Office
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IRS gets static on phone service
GAO blasts agency for lack of accuracy, promptness during the 2000 tax season
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Westward Ho! Where's the population center of the United States? Try Edgar Springs, Mo., a rural town with a population of less than 200, according to the Census Bureau and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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