Digital Government

The Circuit

In an effort to keep it clean, the General Services Administration is on a mission to ferret out dirty words on federal Web sites

People

IRS' blueprint has vision for portals

The IRS' latest blueprint for modernization will include plans for three portals to access its computer systems.

People

USDA boosts modernization

After many failed attempts, the Agriculture Department appears to have gotten a key computer modernization program on track.

Acquisition

Customs primed for contractor

The Customs Service expects to seek a prime contractor within the next six months for its $1.4 billion modernization program, the agency's CIO says

Digital Government

Census extends Lockheed contract

The bureau gave the prime contractor an additional 42 months to provide technical and management help to store census data

People

Supreme Court posts digital advances

The U.S. Supreme Court will post transcripts Friday of George W. Bush's appeal of the Florida ballot recount

Digital Government

IRS builds portals into next blueprint

The Internal Revenue Service's latest blueprint for modernization will include plans for three portals to access IRS computer systems

Digital Government

IRS rings up $200 million for modernization

The Internal Revenue Service received an infusion of $200 million to move ahead with its modernization program

People

FDA Web site gets a fresher look

Agency unveils a redesigned Web site to give consumers and health professionals faster access to information about health products

Digital Government

USDA maps new course

The USDA selects ESRI for work on a landmark geographic information system that will change how the government manages map data

Digital Government

VA awards contract for security test

A small, veteranowned company will evaluate every security system at the Department of Veterans Affairs

People

Public gets access to HUD database

HUD is giving the public access to loan-performance data, providing a resource for communities to identify trouble spots

Digital Government

GAO reports on IRS lapses

The IRS received failing grades in 1999 for providing insufficient controls on internal security and collections

People

HUD praised for use of technology

A report on management reforms at HUD showed that the agency is effectively using technology to carry out its mission

Digital Government

The Circuit

The Circuit

People

Farmers reap electronic receipts

A new law gives farmers the goahead to use electronic warehouse receipts for all major commodities in federally licensed warehouses

People

Medicare site unites services

The federal government's Medicare Web site has unveiled a series of new initiatives to help unify its health care services online

Digital Government

Census has lessons for election

Election officials could take lessons from the Census Bureau, which cleaned up its act with technology

People

Tech opens tribe's access to medical data

The National Library of Medicine is installing eight computers and Internet access to the American Indian Cultural Center in Waldorf, Md.

Digital Government

IRS missing some conditions, GAO reports

The IRS has met some but not all of the requirements Congress spelled out to keep money flowing into a computer modernization system