Digital Government
GTSI allies with Allied
Partnership adds technical resources, professional services to GTSI's offerings
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IRS launches online payment for individuals
The IRS on Thursday went live with a Web payment system for 1040 and quarterly taxpayers. <@SM>
People
SSA to offer its pamphlets online
The Social Security Administration plans to start an online service for ordering free pamphlets and forms from its three warehouses.
People
VA hospitals test single sign-ons
Veterans Affairs hospitals in Oakland, Calif., Seattle and Silver Spring, Md., are testing the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s new Enterprise Single Sign-on Facility software and plan to deploy it to all 170 VA hospitals by month’s end.
Digital Government
Montana welcomes first CIO
After creating the position in April, the state has hired Brian Wolf to lead its technology efforts
Digital Government
Tapping home equity, part 3
FCW.com's Friday Financials column covers strategies for repaying a home equity line of credit
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PKI solves access headaches for FEMA
The Federal Emergency Management Agency puts a lot of information on its Web site, at <a href="http://www.fema.gov">www.fema.gov</a>.
People
White House changes its site for the better
Responding to widespread criticism that it had a mediocre Web site, the White House relaunched <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov">www.whitehouse.gov</a> just before the Labor Day weekend.<@SM>
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NIST scraps 220 of its paper forms
The National Institute of Standards and Technology this month did away with shuttling paper forms and folders from office to office.
Digital Government
E-gov challenge: Change thinking
Forman calls on agencies to move past stovepiped systems to present services from government as a whole
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Telework bill in the works
Rep. Tom Davis plans legislation to make it easier for more federal contractors to telework
Digital Government
GAO seeks performance boost
GAO is looking for agency examples on ways to integrate program performance into budget decisions
Digital Government
Online instead of on phone
Tennessee is benefiting from a fee-based Web system for checking insurance eligibility
Digital Government
IRS offers electronic payment
Service enables businesses and individuals to pay taxes online via a secure Internet site
People
Report: Link IT pay, skills
Recommendations would abolish across-the-board pay increases and link pay to performance
People
Purchase card stand down set
Navy, Marine Corps personnel to undergo training to improve purchase card management
Digital Government
Meritage launches government unit
Meritage Technologies, a services and solutions firm, has launched a public-sector business unit
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