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Treasury programs boost e-gov
Two new programs employ the Internet to let people as well as state and local government make purchases
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VA signs on to digital signatures
GSA awarded 100,000 free digital certificates to the Department of Veterans Affairs in the first major award since ESign became law
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Hill puts lid on cookie jar
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) last week added an amendment to the Treasury/ Postal appropriations bill calling for a moratorium on agency use of 'cookies,' small bits of software placed on a Web user's hard drive.
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An L.L. Bean for senior citizens
The Social Security Administration is planning to become the L.L. Bean of the Internet for senior citizens seeking information and online services ? all of it for free.
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IRS, Customs funds stay alive
The House on Thursday approved the fiscal 2001 Treasury Department/Postal Service spending bill that includes money to set U.S. Customs Service modernization in motion and continue modernizing the Internal Revenue Service.
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Funding to help farm agency go digital
The Agriculture Department has received an extra $38 million to help modernize systems at the Farm Service Agency to accommodate ebusiness
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Modern IRS on track
The Internal Revenue Service's modernization program is on track, with plans to phase in a master database that will enable the IRS to keep track of each contact the agency makes with taxpayers
Digital Government
The Circuit
The security problem that put former CIA Director John Deutch in hot water may soon be a thing of the past. Chief information officers at various agencies are looking into supplying Cabinet secretaries with secure systems in their homes so that they can work on classified documents in the comfort of their own living rooms.
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The cost of modernization
Medicare could lose $140 million a year in interest if the Health Care Financing Administration reduces the number of days doctors must wait for payment for services.
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Addition by subtraction
Working with Computer Sciences Corp., the IRS has developed a plan to phase in a master database, put even the most complicated forms online and make it easier for taxpayers to talk to the IRS.
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Trusted at Treasury
Don Hagerling doesn't wear a uniform. His basement office at the Treasury Department is nonthreatening no cameras, monitors or metal detectors, not even a signin sheet for visitors.
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Medicare fix may be bad medicine
Although the check may not be in the mail as quickly as doctors would like, a government plan to modernize Medicare's payment system for doctors could cost too much to adopt.
Digital Government
Customs funding clears hurdle
A House appropriations subcommittee earmarked money last week to keep the U.S. Customs Service modernization program alive for another year
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Lieberman pushes IT czar
Senator may introduce legislation this year to create the post within the Office of Management and Budget
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Customs funding moves forward
A House Appropriations subcommittee earmarked money to keep the U.S. Customs Service modernization program alive for another year
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Electronic Medicare system may lose millions
Medicare may lose $140 million annually in earned interest if a system is created to pay doctors more quickly, GAO warned Congress
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IRS building master file
The IRS' modernization program is on track, with plans to phase in a master database to keep track of every contact the agency makes with taxpayers
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SSA advances e-services offerings
Medicare recipients can use a form at SSA's Web site to apply for a replacement card online
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Taking on the tough assignments
When the Internal Revenue Service advertised for an executive who was not 'faint of heart,' Brian Burns knew the job was for him.
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