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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.
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Forest Service will revisit rec site bids
The Forest Service will heed the Government Accountability Office’s suggestions and reopen discussions with vendors for the Recreation One-Stop e-government contract.
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Army buys more bomb jammers
Army officials awarded a $56.1 million contract for 1,440 devices to detect roadside bombs.
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Army extends NT support
It was supposed to end last year, but the service has stretched it for 180 days.
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Pentagon picks '05 projects
The Defense Department's top acquisition official announced last week he chose 15 technologies that DOD will rush to field this year.
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Dutch checks speed up at JFK
A pilot program at JFK airport uses biometrics for faster processing of travelers from the Netherlands.
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IT security problems cause two agencies to slip in PMA scorecard
The Veterans Affairs Department’s and the Small Business Administration’s e-government initiatives each dropped a grade in the President’s Management Agenda.
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Internaut: Don’t get complacent on e-government
Finally, e-government initiatives are producing measurable results.
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NARA, Dell open up the Public Vaults
The National Archives and Records Administration unveiled a 9,000-square-foot interactive exhibit today to President Bush and other inaugural attendees.
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Another View: Is the administration’s e-gov game all talk?
Nearly everyone in the Office of Governmentwide Policy is walking on eggshells lately.
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Carnivore no more
The controversial FBI email and chat room surveillance program, has been superseded by new technology.
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Florida eyes tech reorg
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush wants to transfer IT operations and services out of the State Technology Office.
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ManTech gives licenses to Search
ManTech International has donated 40 perpetual licenses of its network forensics analysis software to a crime statistics and data group.
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Score card: Four more greens
But a few agencies did decrease in OMB's quarterly management rankings.
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Tech economy site opens
The Tech-Based Economic Development Resource Center has links to more than 1,300 items.
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VCF assessor: Stop funding
A contractor hired to evaluate the FBI's Virtual Case File says stop funding it, according to a Justice official.
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Military eyes new technology
Nine of 61 trials during last year's Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration yielded promising results, officials say.
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Armored vehicles to get rugged systems
DRS Technologies will receive almost $36 million for 3,600 FBCB2 systems for Army and Marine vehicles.
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