Treasury moving to disrupt terrorist financing
Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence plans to integrate the department's information and intelligence streams.
Ag now offers PKI services to other agencies
The Agriculture Department's National Finance Center has obtained official designation as a certified provider of public-key infrastructure services for the federal government by the Federal Identity Credentialing Committee and Shared Service Provider Subcommittee.
VA database will list every FDA-OK'd drug
The Veterans Affairs Department will publish a request for proposals at the end of the month for a commercial database for pharmacy information.
USDA, HUD race to document IT security
In a recent report card on agencies' compliance with federal IT security requirements, the scores of the Agriculture and Housing and Urban Development departments stuck out like sore thumbs.
CMS data sharing, aggregation pilots uncover Medicaid provider fraud
States and the federal government have curbed Medicaid abuse by analyzing payment errors and sharing data, according to a GAO report.
IRS pressed for testing improvements to new financial system
The IRS' Integrated Financial System project team should improve transition planning and testing, a report said.
Lockheed Martin again protests HUD IT award to EDS
Lockheed Martin Corp. has filed a protest of the latest award of the $750 million HUD HITS contract to EDS Corp.
FDA names IT security officer for drug research office
The FDA has named Maureen Moore as information systems security officer at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
GAO finds that some protective laws hinder e-health adoption
Efforts by health care providers to implement IT systems can be hampered by laws preventing fraud and abuse, GAO says.
HHS awards SRA $18.5 million PKI contract
The Health and Human Services Department has awarded SRA International Inc. a contract for HHS' enterprise public-key infrastructure program.
56 for 56
The Veterans Affairs Department batted 1.000 this year, when the Office of Management and Budget approved all of its 56 submitted IT business cases for fiscal 2005 on the first try. An Exhibit 300 that fulfills OMB requirements means the IT project has a better chance at funding.
2004 tax law update already under way for CADE
Computer Sciences Corp. has begun applying 2004 tax law changes to update the new IRS taxpayer database.
IRS wants outside look at feasibility of its modernization
The IRS has hired a consultant to review its Business System Modernization plans.
USDA award sets up single recreation site
The Agriculture Department's Forest Service has awarded a contract to ReserveAmerica of Ballston Spa, N.Y., for a single, interagency federal recreation information and reservation service.
GAO checklist covers rules of financial IT
The Government Accountability Office has published a checklist to help agencies meet the federal financial system requirements developed by the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program.
HUD's $705m HITS is again given to EDS
Following a protest and recompetition that took a year, the Housing and Urban Development Department this month awarded a contract for its IT infrastructure to the original winner, EDS Corp.
VA to seek telecom operations support
Veterans Affairs will publish a request for proposals to make its telecommunications services function within a national integrated platform.
OMB says agencies must expand cost management
Agencies are now fulfilling more stringent OMB financial-reporting requirements.
VA IG: CoreFLS failed on inadequate expertise, oversight
Inspector general criticizes VA for inadequate oversight of financial management system contract.
Transportation awards security contracts worth up to $124 million
Vendors to help protect physical assets, operations and people at the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.
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