Treasury Department
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By breaking blockchain down to its core concept, federal agencies are coming up with new uses for the innovation.
December 13, 2017 -
The Treasury Department will have to take extraordinary measures, which may include borrowing from the Thrift Savings Plan's G fund, for the next few months in order to keep the federal government from defaulting on its debts.
December 12, 2017 -
The COINS Act would have Treasury stop printing low denomination paper bills and stop coining pennies.
November 29, 2017 -
The COINS Act would ban the production of pennies for 10 years, cease the printing of dollar bills and revive dollar coins to replace them.
November 29, 2017 -
The Government Accountability Office released its first mandated report on data quality and use under the DATA Act.
November 08, 2017 -
While none of the funds dipped far enough to post negative returns, only three funds showed growth since September.
November 01, 2017 -
John Cassara, a retired Treasury agent, makes the case why stopping the illegal cigarette trade would benefit national security.
October 26, 2017 -
For the first time in years, the overall score across all agencies reviewed on the Federal Plain Language Report Card dropped, and some agencies received scores below a C-minus.
October 13, 2017 -
GSA’s Emerging Citizen Technology program office has more than 300 use cases from agencies interested in using blockchain technology.
October 09, 2017 -
Five months after the DATA Act rollout, agencies are able to look back on lessons learned and what the future holds for standardized federal spending reports.
September 26, 2017 -
Jonathan Alboum, the Agriculture Department’s chief information officer, is being transferred to the deputy senior procurement executive role.
August 09, 2017 -
The Internal Revenue Service is working to roll out a new agency-wide email system by the end of the year that will automatically archive messages for record-keeping purposes. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said under legacy processes, the IRS is running afoul of federal records laws in several ways. Greg Kutz, assistant inspector general for audit at TIGTA, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about what the office found when it took a deep dive into records.
July 27, 2017 -
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner John Koskinen urged Congress to fund the tax administration so it can invest in IT infrastructure, and meet customer service demands.
July 26, 2017 -
Sonny Bhagowalia, the Treasury Department’s chief information officer, has moved to the Bureau of Fiscal Service to work on cyber and IT projects. But some say he may be the first of many career CIOs who will be moved out of their positions in the coming months or year.
July 24, 2017 -
Two months after the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act implementation, the DATA Act is proving to not only be a source of financial accountability, but a beacon, platform, and self-help tool for managing government.
June 30, 2017