IRS takes bold step, mandates e-filing of corporate returns
To radically scale up its electronic filing, the IRS will make e-filing mandatory for an estimated 30,000 corporations and nonprofits during the next two years'even though it only began accepting these organizations' tax returns electronically for the first time last year.
Rx for success
The reading room at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research's facility in Silver Spring, Md., can store 62,000 linear feet of paper. That's a lot of paper, and it's only one of several repositories that collect data for the Food and Drug Administration's centers.
IRS broadens free e-filing
The IRS has expanded its Free File initiative this year to include all taxpayers who wish to file their taxes electronically.
Patent office awards $280 million systems integration contract
The Patent and Trademark Office awarded Computer Sciences Corp. and Raytheon Technical Services Co. a $280 million contract to help modernize the agency's business processes.
Mint awards Accenture $87 million e-biz contract
Accenture will upgrade the marketing systems the Mint uses for sales of collectible and commemorative coins and medals.
IRS to boost database capability, cut modernization work
An anemic 2005 budget will force the agency to curtail work on most efforts to modernize its business systems.
FAA treating laser incidents seriously
The Federal Aviation Administration will alert law enforcement and security agencies through the Domestic Events Network about incidents of lasers being aimed at aircraft.
IRS to require big businesses, charities to e-file
The IRS will require that the country's largest companies and tax-exempt organizations electronically file their annual returns beginning next year.
VA awards $9.6 million modernization study to PricewaterhouseCoopers
The Veterans Affairs Department has awarded a $9.6 million contract for studies the department will use to complete its blueprint for the future.
National health IT chief sees 2005 as a breakthrough year
Health systems and connectivity will soon let physicians, hospitals and other providers in the civilian world participate in interoperable regional health networks.
Treasury's $1b comm buy faces prodding from Congress'and disgruntled bidders
The $1 billion telecommunications contract the Treasury Department awarded last month to AT&T Corp. may have a short life.
Education report finds technology a boon for schools
The Education Department said the use of technology in schools is beginning to show results, driven by tech-savvy students.
VA and DOD make strides in health IT
If a 747 airliner crashed every week for a year, the fatalities would still be a fraction of the number of people who die annually from medical mistakes.
CMS to modernize data warehouse
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services plans to modernize its enterprise data warehouse and is seeking information from database vendors on the GSA schedule.
Controller hiring may delay FAA systems rollout
If it has to, the Federal Aviation Administration will forgo some of its systems modernization to cover salary and training for the 12,500 air traffic controllers it expects to hire during the next 10 years.
IG says IRS needs better systems testing
Because the IRS did not adequately track systems requirements when it tested the initial release of a taxpayer accounts data warehouse, it did not release Version 1 for fear the system might not function as planned, according to a new inspector general report.
DOT to lead civilian GPS management
President Bush updated the nation's Global Positioning System policy last month, giving the Transportation Department authority equal to that of the Defense Department on the committee that manages GPS technology and spectrum.
Former Social Security official joins Vion
Jim Preissner, former head of SSA's data processing and telecommunications programs, joined Vion Corp. this week as chief technologist.
FAA seeks financial management line-of-business partner
The Transportation Department is seeking proposals for a partner in its efforts to become a Financial Management Line of Business Center of Excellence.
HHS gives IT health a booster shot
Throughout his career at the Health and Human Services Department, Charles Havekost has never strayed far from the grants process'beginning with pushing paper as a lowly technical assistant to directing streamlined systems today as its CIO.
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