VA tries to save $311 million HealtheVet system request
Veterans Affairs Department CIO Robert McFarland is going to Capitol Hill today to try to save the $311 million requested for the HealtheVet health care IT system.
CMS awards contracts to find bad payments
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded several contracts to identify and collect Medicare overpayments that claims processors and their systems may have missed.
IG: Labor needs independent acquisitions
The Labor Department has wasted nearly $4 million on unused encryption products from an improperly awarded contract, the department's inspector general said in a recent report.
Transportation CIO should better account for budget
The Transportation Department needs to better account for its CIO's budget and improve oversight of its IT investments and contract services, the department's inspector general today.
EPA nominee wins Senate panel approval
A Senate committee today approved Stephen Johnson to be Environmental Protection Agency administrator and sent his nomination to the full Senate for confirmation.
Labor IG: Separate procurement office to prevent abuse
The Labor Department has wasted nearly $4 million on unused encryption products from an improperly awarded contract, the department's inspector general said in a new report.
CMS details $1.9 billion needs for enterprise data centers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a draft request for proposals for enterprise data center services to support Medicare claims processing, prescription drug benefits and e-government.
OMB: Affected employees may represent colleagues in A-76 contest
OMB says the representative for employees affected by a Circular A-76 review must be one of the affected employees.
FAR to include earned-value management system policy
The civilian and Defense acquisition councils plan to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to add policies governing earned-value management systems.
IRS' CADE reaches the 1 million mark this tax season
The IRS' modern taxpayer database is easing into its job of processing millions of simple tax returns.
EPA shares earned-value management lessons
EPA is sharing its lessons from implementing an earned-value management system.
CMS gives the public access to hospital care data
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services yesterday launched a Web site that lets the public compare hospitals on how they treat certain medical conditions.
GSA contract gives vets IT opportunities
The General Services Administration has released its request for proposals for a contract that aims to steer federal IT work to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.
OMB urges use of shared-services approach to telecom via Networx
The Office of Management and Budget has made it clear that it will steer agencies toward the General Services Administration's Networx telecommunications contract instead of letting them strike separate deals to modernize their networks.
The IRS wants its money'electronically
Following the lead of the popular eBay payment company, the IRS is focusing on getting citizens to not only file their tax returns electronically but to pay their tax bills that way, too.
IRS plans to modernize its Web services
The IRS is looking at modernizing its Web services, consolidating its online presence through an enterprise portal.
GAO slams SEC protection of sensitive data
The Securities and Exchange Commission needs to strengthen its controls over financial and other sensitive data, the Government Accountability Office says in a new report.
NIST offers new guide on HIPAA security
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a new guide on securing health information.
Payments efforts get own PMA scorecard
To give its push to reduce improper payments more focus, the Bush administration began rating reduction efforts on its last scorecard for the President's Management Agenda.
OMB to agencies: Bump up IT use to get control of payments
On any given workday, common payment processing mistakes cost the government a fortune in improper payments'adding up to $45.1 billion last year alone.
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