People
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.
People
Agencies seek data exchange standards
Working group collaborates and shares documents in a wiki as they develop standards for formulating federal agency budgets.
People
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.
People
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.
People
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.
People
CFOs may boost agency transparency
Agencies may have to account for where and how money is spent, not just the balance sheet, officials say.
People
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.
People
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.
People
Social Security braces for retirees
Simplified and automated procedures will be deployed to help manage the workload.
People
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.
People
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.
People
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.
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