Digital Government
Making taxes less taxing
President Clinton and the Internal Revenue Service are working to ease the pain of tax season.
People
The harvest of an IT career
Joe Leo's laugh fills the room as he types with two fingers to demonstrate that he knows how to use a computer.
Digital Government
'The Last Frontier' state proves challenging for census
Bucking the wind and cold, Census Bureau Director Kenneth Prewitt kicked off the Census 2000 count Wednesday in Anchorage, Alaska.
People
Reed taking up residence at EDS
Anne Reed, the first CIO at the Agriculture Department, will be joining Electronic Data Systems Corp.'s Global Government Industry Group on Feb. 1 as vice president for industry relations.
Digital Government
Clinton to offer tax break for e-filers
Next month, President Clinton will ask Congress to create a tax credit for taxpayers who file their federal income taxes electronically.
Digital Government
Technology can't solve Census' hardest problems
Census Director Kenneth Prewitt said Tuesday that technology won't help the 2000 census find those who are undercounted it will take knocking on doors and oldfashioned legwork to do the job.
Digital Government
Technology will do Census no Good
Census director Kenneth Prewitt said Tuesday that technology won't help the agency find those who are undercounted in the 2000 census and that it will take knocking on doors and old-fashioned legwork to do the job instead.
Digital Government
Archivists struggle to preserve Clinton impeachment record
One year after the impeachment trial of President Clinton, Senate historians are quietly taking oral histories of clerks, parliamentarians and other support staff who were the eyes, ears and workers at the historic event. And the biggest problem they are facing is how to preserve the words of eyewitnesses.
Digital Government
Bids Sought to Develop Medicaid Data Warehouse
The Utah Department of Health's Division of Health Care Financing is seeking bids to develop a data warehouse to manage its Medicaid program.
Digital Government
Koskinen says U.S. all clear for now; Russian scud a Y2K dud
A world that has been relatively calm during the Year 2000 rollover received minor jolt
Digital Government
World spent $200 billion on Y2K fixes, U.S. says
Governments and companies worldwide spent $200 billion to prevent a Ye
Digital Government
U.S. Y2K central reports only minor problems
Top Clinton administration officials said the first Year 2000 rollover
Digital Government
VA awards contract to DoxSys
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $4.7 million contract to Bethesda, Md.based DoxSys Inc. to provide hardware and software support services at the VA's Financial Services Center in Austin, Texas.
People
Homeland to tap agencies' IT
Homeland will build infrastructure by tapping the IT budgets of agencies folded into the department
People
Barr leaving IRS for Dell
Robert Barr, who helped fastforward the Internal Revenue Service into the Information Age, is leaving government to join Dell
People
DHS exorcises SPIRIT
The Homeland Security Department canceled its plans for the multibillion-dollar IT services contract because it did not fit in with the overall strategy of the agency.
Digital Government
E-gov bill offers state and local buying
E-government bill allows state and local governments to buy IT off the Federal Supply Schedules
People
DHS network may link to others
The Homeland Security Department is considering using a classified network to link state and local governments as well as federal civilian agencies.
People