Treasury Department
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Mint people tend to have a strong sense of their agency. It's old, and it does work we couldn't live without.
January 18, 2017 -
Civilian agencies are having to balance progress and setbacks as they work to implement the DATA Act by its May rollout. But financial officials admit the deadline is really a starting point for standardized financial reporting.
January 16, 2017 -
Despite the Justice Department showing some leadership in DATA Act implementation, the department's inspector general says there are some areas of full roll out that have the watchdog concerned about meeting a May 2017 deadline.
December 27, 2016 -
Federal CIOs say if you want to get on board with agile services, be adaptable, communicate and don't be afraid to fail.
December 13, 2016 -
There are still struggles with parts of the DATA Act implementation, but Treasury and Office of Management and Budget officials say they are working with large agencies and federal auditors to problem solve ahead of the May 2017 deadline.
December 08, 2016 -
The Office of Management and Budget published more guidance for agencies on what and how to report spending information to comply with the upcoming implementation of the DATA Act.
November 08, 2016 -
The Treasury Department's Bureau of Fiscal Service merged five legacy IT systems together to develop a new, modern post-payment application. With data consolidated in one place, the Fiscal Service helped the department's inspector general uncover $20-30 million in improper payments.
October 25, 2016 -
Sometimes federal regulators get pulled into pointless investigations.
October 18, 2016 -
Harry Singh, the deputy associate director and deputy CIO of Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing, said his agency is building on the success of putting its enterprise resource planning system in the cloud.
September 23, 2016 -
A new report from HUD's Inspector General says the agency's inconsistent management and indecision is causing it to fall behind on DATA Act implementation.
September 02, 2016 -
Dave Nelson is leaving the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to be the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s CIO while Karen DeSalvo left her role as coordinator for health IT to focus full time on being acting assistant secretary for health.
August 15, 2016 -
The Government Accountability Office says the implementation of the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act needs improvement, as the Treasury Department works to finalize a system to collect agency data and make sure it is in the same format.
August 03, 2016 -
Full implementation of the DATA Act is at risk if the Treasury Department and Office of Management and Budget don't start keeping better tabs on agencies and their spending reports, says the Government Accountability Office.
July 29, 2016 -
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) wants to see updated agency implementation plans, as well as a plan to ensure the law continues its implementation through the election season.
May 31, 2016 -
Harriet Tubman died more than a century ago. Photographs of her are grainy and fuzzy. And she's not the sort of person who wold have posed for an expensive oil painting. Yet somehow her likeness has to be translated for printing on the new $20. Creating that bill falls to the Treasury Department's Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Bureau Director Leonard Olijar shares details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
May 26, 2016