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The DATA Act will make it easier for the federal government to prepare for the future and help citizens, but before it can do that, agencies need help in meeting the May 2017 implementation deadline.
The life and actions of Harriet Tubman send a clean, laser-like message to us straight from the 19th century. Let the presses roll.
The DATA Act will usher in a new way of reporting federal spending information, but information systems officials say it's also time to revisit job descriptions for data experts.
Small agencies are having some of the biggest problems modernizing their legacy systems to strengthen defenses against cyber attacks. But major agencies like Treasury are also in the spotlight on how they are addressing system vulnerabilities.
Senior officials with the Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget say the answer of whether or not the May 2017 full roll-out of the DATA Act is more complicated than a simple yes or no.
Four bills aimed at improving IRS accountability passed the House Ways and Means Committee, but not without strenuous objections.
The Government Accountability Office's sixth annual report on "fragmentation, overlap and duplication," put the spotlight once again on the DoD, Treasury Department the Department of Health and Human Services for the "significant opportunities for cost savings and revenue enhancement [that] exist in these three areas."
The U.S. Mint is soliciting designs for a coin to commemorate the veterans of the World War I. April Stafford, the chief of design development at the Mint, shared details about the competition on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Reported improper payments are likely to increase as agencies improve their ability to ferret out overpayments and underpayments
Here's a breakdown of major agencies and the proposed funding amounts for fiscal 2017, which are included the President Obama's $1.1 trillion budget.
The Treasury Department, thanks largely to the Internal Revenue Service, held its rank as the agency with the lowest satisfaction rating in 2015.
Sonny Bhagowalia, Treasury’s chief information officer, said over the last year the department has closed 17 core data centers and reduced the time to deliver IT capabilities by more than 60 percent.
You can't measure the Treasury Department’s IT reform efforts only by the report card from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Yeah, Treasury got a “D” for their overall grade. But Treasury spent the better part of the last year preparing for the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA). Sonny Bhagowalia is Treasury’s chief information officer, he tells executive editor Jason Miller on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about how the agency has improved its IT management today and where it’s going.
Nomination as a fellow at the National Academy of Public Administration is a sign you've made a difference to federal management and good governance. One recent inductee is Anita Blair, the chief human capital officer at the Treasury Department. She describes NAPA for Federal Drive with Tom Temin and why she's glad to be among its fellows.