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Calif. gets funds from its nonfilers
Fourteen million Californians file their state tax returns voluntarily, but the ones who don’t file keep Cathy Cleek and her team busy. Cleek is director of the Franchise Tax Board’s nonfiler program.
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Miller joins Homeland transition
FEMA's chief information officer becomes a member of the administration's Transition Planning Office
Digital Government
Fla. aims to raise service, revenue
Florida is customizing customer relationship management software to boost tax collection and improve service
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VBA links offices on virtual network
The Veterans Benefits Administration is linking regional offices to improve the customer service offered by its call centers.
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TSA issues first IT work orders
The Transportation Security Administration has awarded the first two work orders for its IT infrastructure
Digital Government
PwC rolls out traffic planning tool
Transportation modeling tool could help officials simulate traffic congestion and pollution in 3-D
Digital Government
Treasury bolsters data security
Entrust to provide enhanced security for the Treasury Department's Internet and intranet communications
Digital Government
GSA office gets infosec management
Telos will support the information security management of systems within Office of Governmentwide Policy
Digital Government
State troopers going wireless
Pennsylvania State Police patrol vehicles will get software that enables wireless access to databases
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EPA looks to unify states with CDX
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Information Collection Office, which is managing the rollout and expansion of the agency's Central Data Exchange (CDX) portal, knows the Web is the route to take for the portal’s next step. Now, the agency is looking for the right technology to pave the way.
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Standards for grant portal drafted
Draft issued of proposed data standards for agencies posting grant opportunities on FedBizOpps.gov
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Middleware anchors INS’ information architecture
The Immigration and Naturalization Service views middleware as the linchpin in its strategy to integrate the nation's border control systems.
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Cyber Corps funding boosted
The supplemental funding bill signed this month included $19.3 million for the Scholarship for Service program
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Roster Change
Daryl White, the Interior Department's former chief information officer, will retire from the federal government Aug. 15
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Missing Centcom laptops found
DOD has recovered two laptop computers that were taken from a 'tightly controlled' area
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Military maps out homeland help
The military services are finishing a proposal to define technologies and processes that could support homeland security
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