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Washington overhauls Medicaid system
State health officials hired a Rockville, Md.-based company to modernize Washington's '70s-era Medicaid system.
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SSA mainframes to feel drug load
Medicare's prescription drug program will increase the workload on computers at the Social Security Administration in a few months, officials say.
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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.
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Virtual Case File a virtual bust
Only about one-tenth of the planned capability has been completed, an FBI official said.
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IRS copes with cuts
The agency will use up to $11 million of reserve funds to keep modernization tax administration projects on track.
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McClure to join Gartner
The vice president for e-government at the Council for Excellence in Government, will join Gartner on Jan. 31.
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Air Force seeks space router
The space-hardened IP router will be part of the Air Force's Transformational Satellite Communications System.
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Terror response research to get center
DHS wants to establish a university center to study event preparedness and response.
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NASA site draws Titan viewers
A probe's visit to a Saturn moon drew more Web traffic to NASA's site than any other event has except Mars-related events.
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Forest Service to accept new proposals for Recreation One-Stop
The agency will heed the Government Accountability Office’s suggestions and reopen discussions with the three final vendors to provide a consolidated reservation system.
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Tech drives Amber alerts
Officials noted the technology progress driving the Amber Alert network for missing children.
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Recreation reservation deal reopened
Three finalists for a deal to operate Recreation.gov's can resubmit proposals.
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Expect electronic cargo seals
A customs and border official is cautiously optimistic that containers with tamper-evident electronic seals will be deployed in 2005.
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Patents boss to step down
Nicholas Godici will retire when his term as commissioner of patents ends in March.
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GPO expands e-passport pool
Four more teams will provide computer chips for testing electronic passports, according to the Government Printing Office.
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OMB gains new manager for g-to-g e-gov projects
Former Energy budget analyst Stacie Higgins is the new manager of the government-to-government Quicksilver portfolio and the governmentwide Grants Management effort.<@SM>
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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. <@SM>
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Chertoff picked to lead DHS
President Bush today named federal appeals court judge Michael Chertoff as his nominee to be the next Homeland Security Department secretary.
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