Treasury

Treasury exec: Cloud helps you leap ahead, but be ready for change

Moving to the cloud can help agencies leapfrog into new technologies, but if you're not open to new ways of doing business, it won't be worth the jump, a Treasury exec says.

  • By Rutrell Yasin

Federal Reserve code stolen by insider, FBI says

The arrest of former computer programmer working for the Federal Reserve on charges of stealing software points to the potential danger of insider threats, authorities say.

  • By GCN Staff

Wanted: Enterprise architects for data center consolidation

The EA community needs to play a bigger role in consolidation activities, Treasury's chief enterprise architect says.

  • By Rutrell Yasin

Is Amazon's cloud crash a cautionary tale for government?

Amazon's extended outage at one of the data centers that hosts cloud services could be of concern for agencies being ordered to move some applications to the cloud.

  • By Kevin McCaney

IRS keeps tabs on refund status through app for iPhones, Androids

To erase the image of being behind the curve technically speaking, the IRS has launched an tax refund tracker for iPhone and Android mobile devices.

  • By Alysha Sideman

Open-source sore point: No Android for your agency

It is no easy task getting a phone FIPS-certified, even if you have been doing it as long as BlackBerry has. Add an open-source element such as the Android operating system and it becomes a giant headache to use the phone you want.

  • By Dan Rowinski

Federal checks soon to go all-electronic

The Treasury Department is phasing out paper checks and will move to a fully automated system by March 13, 2013.

  • By Kathleen Hickey

Treasury builds its new website in the cloud

Treasury.gov brings the agency to the cloud and integrates many new features of Gov. 2.0 and is a step forward in using new technologies to improve efficiency and transparency.

  • By Dan Rowinski

DOD cuts will slow overall fed IT spending growth

Federal spending on IT will increase slightly in the next five years. Who can expect to see their budgets grow and who faces cuts, according to new TechAmerica Foundation Vision survey forecasts.

  • By David Hubler

No pulse, no pay: How the 'Do Not Pay' list will work

Vice President Joe Biden announced today that a governmentwide Do Not Pay List is being created to track debarred contractors, deceased individuals and others ineligible for federal payments.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Treasury shuts down 4 cloud-hosted Web sites after infection

Malicious code, which apparently came from servers in Ukraine, discovered in four Treasury Web sites hosted by a cloud service provider causes Treasury to shut down infected sites.

  • By William Jackson

Bill would vaccinate Tricare against reform complications

A Senate bill, introduced the day before President Obama signed the health care reform law, would change the IRS code on behalf of those in military health plans.

Treasury bureau automating tax and trade permits, regulation

TTB will deploy Accela Automation as a Permits Online solution to support increasing application volumes, reduce costs, and improve service, TTB officials said. TTB’s Cincinnati-based National Revenue Center will be a primary recipient of the technology.

  • By Rutrell Yasin

IRS launches YouTube, iTunes sites

The IRS launched a YouTube video site and an iTunes podcast site filled with content that provides taxpayers with information about tax provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

  • By Doug Beizer
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Cyberattacks could have been mitigated

Agency responses to cyberattacks on U.S. government sites demonstrates a need for better coordination between agency security officials and the companies that provide Internet services, experts say.

  • By Ben Bain

U.S., South Korean cyberattacks have little impact here

The attacks, which spiked late July 6 and early July 7, are not particularly sophisticated and can be mitigated by organizations that are prepared for them, experts say.

  • By William Jackson

U.S. defense technologies put at risk by bureaucratic turf wars: GAO

Weapons and other defense-related technologies are in danger of falling into the wrong hands, according to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office.

  • By Kathleen Hickey

Obama's transparent IT footprint

The Obama administration quickly established an information technology footprint during its first 100 days, driven by efforts to make information more easily available to the public.

  • By Rutrell Yasin

Federal agencies boost green purchases

Thirteen agencies have reported that more than 95 percent of their desktop or laptop purchases in 2008 were EPEAT-registered, environmentally preferable, electronic products.

  • By Rutrell Yasin

Agencies establish stimulus-focused sites

While the Obama administration and Congress have started tackling the economic issues facing this country, agency Web teams have been setting up sites that help carry out the goals of this stimulus work.

  • By Joab Jackson

Audit finds holes in security of government systems protecting financial data

Treasury is not adequately protecting data collected and shared under the Bank Secrecy Act, according to a recent GAO study.

  • By William Jackson