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
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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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