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Taylor is new FinCEN CIO

As CIO, Amy Taylor oversees the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's technical infrastructure the agency uses to collect and analyze data and disseminates it to select law enforcement under the Bank Secrecy Act.

Digital Government

DOT to expand IT security services

The FAA provides protection to all Transportation Department agencies through CyberSecurity Management Center and anticipates a role in Information Systems Security Line of Business.mm

Digital Government

Mac laptops present encryption challenge

Information technology officials must take different approach with Macs.

People

Clipping the wings of indulgent travelers

VA and other agencies turn to new e-travel systems to trim excessive costs.

People

Encryption roulette

NIH’s CIO says the agency doesn’t have answers yet to all the challenges of safeguarding data on mobile computing devices.

Digital Government

Education seeks financial management support

The Federal Student Aid program needs a vendor to monitor activity in the Education Department's Financial Management System and perform development, security and daily operations maintenance.

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Agencies seek data exchange standards

Working group collaborates and shares documents in a wiki as they develop standards for formulating federal agency budgets.

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SEC would require XBRL for financial reporting

If adopted, large companies would have to report financial statements using interactive data next year and all other public companies in three years.

People

SSA to launch online retirement estimator

The calculator would determine the amount of payments for people at specific points and let them submit what-if scenarios.

People

Interior's deputy CIO to retire

Edward Meagher, deputy chief information officer at the Interior Department, will retire effective July 1.

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OMB promotes fiscal cooperation

The agency's Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business relies on MAX wiki for federal agencies to collaborate on ways to align processes, standards and data.

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IRS seeks ideas to boost e-filing

The tax service sorts through proposals to expand e-filing, but it finds no easy answers.

Acquisition

Performance contracts fall short

Audits point to a need for additional training to develop contracting officers’ knowledge.

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CFOs may boost agency transparency

Agencies may have to account for where and how money is spent, not just the balance sheet, officials say.

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SSA creates panel to guide systems' future

The Social Security Administration will establish an advisory panel to analyze the agency’s information technology environment and recommend future systems enhancements.

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IRS studies expanding electronic filing

The Senate Appropriations Committee has directed the service to consider all possibilities to expand the electronic filing of tax returns to 80 percent by 2012.

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Social Security braces for retirees

Simplified and automated procedures will be deployed to help manage the workload.

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GSA details acquisition system requirements

he draft document is a first step in aligning acquisition and financial management system functions under the Financial Management Line of Business.

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Treasury to compete $300 million contract

The Treasury Department is planning a performance-based approach for information technology upgrades, maintenance and services after a GSA contract expires in 2009.

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Feds need to tap aging boomer workforce

The federal government needs to attract and retain older workers to avoid a shortfall in employees, an HHS official says.