Agencies need to improve, share money-laundering data
Sixteen agencies and bureaus collaborated on the U.S. Money Laundering Threat Assessment, which determined that additional data must be collected in a more consistent way across agencies to stem the flow of illicit funds.
Meagher to become Interior deputy CIO
Veterans Affairs Department chief technology officer Ed Meagher will become deputy CIO at the Interior Department, effective Feb. 16.
OMB updates core financial-system requirements
The Office of Management and Budget has updated core financial-system requirements that agencies must fulfill to meet federal guidelines to better manage their programs under the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act.
Census to conduct decennial operational testing in 2008
The Census Bureau has selected San Joaquin County, Calif., and the city of Fayetteville, N.C., and its surrounding area to serve as dress rehearsal sites for the 2010 Census.
IRS tightens business rules management
The IRS has put in place processes to manage the business rules that drive its new taxpayer database in response to issues that challenged the agency's Business Systems Modernization program.
OMB looks to orchestrate financial management
Agencies to get performance measures, guidance on how to pick providers when they're moving to shared-services providers
HHS awards $6 million in eprescribing pilot contracts
The Health and Human Services Department has awarded $6 million in contracts to launch a pilot project to test initial standards for electronic prescribing during this year.
SEC offers incentives for corporate XBRL filing
The Securities and Exchange Commission will offer public companies expedited reviews of their registration statements and annual reports if they volunteer for a test group as part of the SEC's interactive data initiative.
IRS enhances Free File service for 2006 filing season
More than 70 percent of the nation's taxpayers'more than 92 million people with an adjusted gross income of $50,000 or less'qualify this year for Free File. Tax filers access Free File services through the IRS.gov Web site.
Agencies migrate most funding applications to Grants.gov
In fiscal 2005, 20 out of 26 federal grant-making agencies posted one-fourth of their opportunities at Grants.gov and received more than 15,000 applications.
HHS grants $100 million for state pandemic preparedness
The Health and Human Services Department today announced $100 million in grants to all states to mobilize for an influenza pandemic.
VA names Meagher CTO
The Veterans Affairs Department has named deputy CIO Ed Meagher as chief technology officer, effective Jan. 22, VA CIO Robert McFarland said today. McFarland does not intend to fill the deputy CIO position immediately.
NFC IT heads back to New Orleans
National Finance Center director Jerry Lohfink moved back to his New Orleans office this week, but NFC's data center will remain at its backup location near Philadelphia until a new center is completed in June.
Census updates geospatial data with Avineon
The Census Bureau awarded Avineon Inc. of Alexandria, Va., a $3 million contract through the vendor's partnership with Harris Corp. to provide geographic information systems support to improve the accuracy of the bureau's address database.
OMB plans guidance for financial management LOB
The Office of Management and Budget will develop performance measures and guidance by the end of March for agencies moving to shared-services providers under the financial management LOB.
PTO examiners to gain more access to open-source code
The Patent and Trademark Office has created a partnership with the open-source community to ensure that patent examiners have access to all available evidence relating to software code during the patent examination process.
Online Extra: VA enhances patient identity matching
The Veterans Affairs Department has hired Initiate Systems Inc. of Chicago to eliminate duplicate records and improve the matching of all the right records with the right person in the Veterans Health Administration's Master Person Index system.
The dirt on clean data
More than ever, an agency's ability to do its job depends on the quality of its data. With a little elbow grease, agencies can make their data presentable.
Davis threatens to cut Treasury's TCE funds
House Government Reform Committee chairman Tom Davis (R-Va.) may try to cut funding next year for the Treasury Department's controversial next-generation network and telecommunications contract.
NIST provides health IT standards source
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has created a Web site to search for and publish information in its repository for health care standards, organizations and related references.
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