Digital Government
IG claims HUD not Y2K-compliant
Despite the Clinton administration's assertions that the Department of Housing and Urban Development's major computer systems are Year 2000compliant, the agency's inspector general reported last month that systems are still vulnerable to the millennium bug. The IG's report concluded that because o
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Key systems miss Y2K deadline
Although the majority of the federal government's missioncritical systems are Year 2000 compliant, three congressmen warn that the government's most vital operation systems including those in the Defense Department, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services remain vulnerable to the Year 2000 computer problem.
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Y2K czar declares feds will be ready for 2000
The Clinton administration today announced that 92 percent of the federal government's 6,123 missioncritical systems have met the selfimposed March 31 deadline for all systems to be Year 2000compliant.
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GTSI, Win nab tdA-3
The Internal Revenue Service late Friday awarded the remaining pacts of the Treasury Department's program for procuring software, workstations, notebook computers, monitors and printers. Government Technology Services Inc. and Win Laboratories Ltd. each won Treasury Department Acquisition 3 contrac
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Updated IT could stem Medicare fraud, abuse
A top investigator at the Health Care Financing Administration today told a House subcommittee that the Medicare program remains vulnerable to fraud, waste and payments of unnecessary benefit payments.
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Interior joins elite federal Y2K compliant club
The Interior Department announced today that all 90 of its missioncritical systems are Year 2000compliant, several days before the governmentwide Year 2000 deadline.
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OMB saddles feds with state Y2K data links
The Office of Management and Budget this week is expected to issue a memo directing federal agencies to take the lead role in making sure that social services programs will not be interrupted because of Year 2000 computer problems in state government systems. In the memo to agency heads, OMB Direct
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IRS installs new software to guard electronic tax data
The Internal Revenue Service is installing new storage software to safeguard the staggering volume of electronic tax information stored in the agency's computer system. By 2007, the IRS plans to handle 80 percent of its tax filings electronically. The agency believes increased use of electronic fil
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LOC's Digital Library to expand
The Library of Congress next month will choose the final winners from among a variety of institutions competing to make their historical collections available on LOC's World Wide Web site. In 1997, LOC's National Digital Library received a $2 million grant from the Ameritech Foundation to sponsor a
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OMB report: Feds must shore up state Y2K efforts
The Clinton administration is requiring federal agencies to take the lead role in working with states to ensure that social service programs are uninterrupted by Year 2000 computer problems.
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Feds, states team on Y2K backup plans
The Clinton administration announced last week that it will develop contingency plans with states to keep federal/state social programs operational in case staterun computers fail because of the Year 2000 computer problem. John Koskinen, chairman of the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion,
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Outdated computers plague IRS
The top financial administrator at the Internal Revenue Service told Congress last week that the agency's financial reporting system cannot reliably track federal tax revenue and tax refunds nor can it prepare other key financial statements.
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FAA aims for June 30 Y2K fix
The Federal Aviation Administration expects to have all of its missioncritical systems Year 2000compliant by June 30 and is now monitoring Year 2000 activity of its international partners and of U.S. airlines and airports, an agency official said today.
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IRS financial computers in dire need of upgrades
The top financial administrator at the Internal Revenue Service told Congress today that the agency's financial reporting system cannot reliably track federal tax revenue, tax refunds and prepare other key financial statements.
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Y2K fixes lag in federal grant computer system
The Department of Health and Human Services' top information technology executive told Congress today that the agency's electronic payment system, which processes about $170 billion a year in federal grants, should be Year 2000compliant by June, but the general Accounting Office is skeptical the system will be ready by then.
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OMB to report 79 percent success with Y2K
The Clinton administration next month will report that 79 percent of all federal missioncritical systems are Year 2000compliant, according to John Koskinen, chairman of the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion.
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HCFA chief says feds ready for Y2K, but states may need help
The head of the Health Care Financing Administration today told a House committee that Medicare payments will be disbursed on time next year despite concerns that the agency is behind schedule in making Year 2000 fixes.
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Y2K threatens federal, state welfare programs
A top federal welfare official told Congress today that federal welfare programs that are managed at the state level could be disrupted next year because some states are behind in fixing computers for the Year 2000 problem.
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SSA concerned about beneficiaries abroad
The Social Security Administration is developing plans to ensure that people who live overseas continue to receive benefits payments, despite potential Year 2000 problems at financial institutions abroad.
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Horn reports feds make headway on Y2K
A House Republican who follows federal agencies' progress in fixing their computers for the Year 2000 bug, today gave a more optimistic view of the federal government's ability to have computers fixed before the new millennium.
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