Digital Government

NIH awards modernization deal

KPMG lands $22 million contract to modernize NIH's 25-year-old administrative system

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Treasury to expand e-learning

The department will launch a site that expands a successful IRS online training program

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Treasury testing public portal

The portal would consolidate information from 14 agency Web sites

Digital Government

The Circuit

Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill wants to make sure that the 150,000 department employees are not hurt at work.

Digital Government

Creating a virtual medical market

NIH site aims to link small hardware vendors and agency buyers

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Brubaker to part DOD for Commerce One

Paul Brubaker is leaving his post as DOD deputy CIO to take a job in the private sector

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Customs fails at system upgrade

Agency could not upgrade the aging computer system that deals with more than 100 million records

Digital Government

The Circuit

The Circuit

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Powell: Leave E-Rate to politicians

FCC chairman supports E-Rate, but will leave it up to the politicians to decide how to run the program

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USDA early with e-commerce site

An ecommerce program will help farmers access forms electronically

Digital Government

Customs taking system down for tune-up

The Automated Commercial System will be offline for several hours over the weekend

Digital Government

Better health care sought in data

Pilot project data will be used to improve care throughout the Indian Health Service

Acquisition

Contract bundling faces scrutiny

The new chairman of the Small Business Committee intends to take examine contract bundling practices

Digital Government

IRS shuts down mainframes

As a cornerstone in its modernization, the IRS cut the number of mainframe computers it uses from 67 to 20

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Privacy rule has opt-out loophole

Marketers could get the names of patients and target them for unsolicited ads

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Taxpayer PINs being rejected

Many H&R Block tax returns submitted electronically since Jan. 15 have been rejected

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Medical site offers unconventional info

New service helps users search for information about alternative medicine treatments

Digital Government

Becoming a true World Wide Web

Agencies spread the word in Spanish and other tongues

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Cheney associate to take key OMB job

President Bush is expected to nominate Sean O'Keefe, who has close ties to Vice President Dick Cheney, as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget where he would have a major role in shaping the federal budget.

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The Circuit

It's one thing to call on your friends for advice, but can Secretary of State Colin Powell really tap a trio of notable high-tech executives to assess State's information technology needs