GovPay adopts shared-services provider model
As OMB continues finalizing rules for how agencies analyze whether they should turn over control of their financial-management systems to a public or private shared-services provider, GovWorks, because of its automated GovPay system, would seem to be an option.
Program pays off (without interest)
The Interior Department's GovPay program has hit all the e-government marks promoted by the Office of Management and Budget, reducing costs, improving performance and'most important'letting agency workers focus on their mission.
SSA takes claims appeals online, too
Not only has the Social Security Administration digitized the process of filing for disability benefits, the agency also conducts disability appeals hearings online.
Case files travel lighter, faster
The Social Security Administration's Electronic Disability System hastens benefits to the disabled while reducing a tremendous case backlog.
How Pa. secures data on the Web
Pennylsvania's Home and Community Services Information System has performed so well for Pennsylvania that other states are borrowing it.
Services hit home
A Web-based client information management system run by Pennsylvania's Office of Mental Retardation is improving the quality of life for Pennsylvanians with mental retardation.
System starts with authentication
Putting a permit application process online opens a cornucopia of possibilities: increasing speed, accuracy and cost-effectiveness, and adding services. But "security has to come first," according to Allison Young.
Stamp of approvals
The Agriculture Department's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service expedites permit approval process while adding security and accountability.
Texas port security deal charted by Ciber
A contract to install a harbor management and security solution in Port Freeport, Texas, has been awarded to Ciber Inc.
Calif. retirement system deal goes to Accenture
The technology backbone of California's public pension fund will be modernized under a five-year contract worth $199 million that has been awarded to Accenture Ltd.
GSA re-ups Perot Systems for building design apps
The General Services Administration Public Building Service awarded Perot Systems Corp. a five-year contract to deliver system maintenance and support for users of the agency's Computer-Aided Drawing Library Project.
New Orleans re-ups ACS for Water Board IT support
New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board, under a contract renewal worth $4.5 million, will continue to receive its IT services from Affiliated Computer Services Inc.
HHS calls on ICF Caliber to help improve child care
The Health and Human Services Department will call on ICF Caliber Inc. to help it improve the quality, affordability and availability of child care for families across the United States.
Signed, sealed: Spending database bill is law
President Bush today signed legislation that will require the Office of Management and Budget to oversee a searchable Web site containing data on all sorts of government spending.
Web 2.0 business models affecting enterprise systems design
The ease with which consumers routinely network and share content over the Internet are forcing business and government executives to rethink development plans for their own enterprise systems.
R. Fink | Packet Rat: LonelyRat ready to catch wave of unreality
The great thing about having a teenager is that, if you keep a close eye on what they do, you'll never get caught off-guard by any emerging pop culture phenomenon.
Education upgrade enhances, smooths flow of student aid
New data center to reduce servers and accommodate spikes in volume.
Passage of database bill is just the start
Political wrangling out of the way, OMB's Clay Johnson and agencies begin the heavy lifting.
NMCI's architecture paying off
Officials map out moves to new technologies more easily.
HHS re-ups Perot Systems for communications outreach
The Health and Human Services Department awarded a five-year, $16.1 million contract recompete to Perot Systems Corp. for continued communications outreach support to the department's Office on Women's Health.
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