The Internal Revenue Service has created a new office to improve taxpayers’ experience in working with the agency. IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig said the new Taxpayer Experience Office will work to improve experiences agency-wide and in all aspects of taxpayer transactions. “It’s critical that we work going forward to equip the IRS to be a […]
NASA has issued a request for comment for an Alliant 2 best-in-class governmentwide acquisition contract to consolidate applications and platform services at its 10 centers. According to a draft performance work statement, the NASA Consolidate Applications and Platforms Services task order will transform the Office of the Chief Information Officer’s Application Division into an Application […]
The Office of Personnel Management is using money from the Technology Modernization Fund to accelerate its shift to a zero trust security architecture, an official said. Authorized in 2017, the TMF is a government-wide funding vehicle that agencies can use to finance vetted technology modernization projects. OPM Chief Information Officer Guy Cavallo said that the […]
Virginia-headquartered Applied Information Sciences announced the unveiling of its new solution accelerator offering, Datalance, ahead of the award of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center’s Test and Evaluation Blanket Purchase Agreement. The Datalance offering potentially enables the U.S. government to speed up military access to artificial intelligence technology by building agile and scalable data platforms that […]
The Air Force should develop a plan for its transition to a modern financial management system, a government watchdog said. In a new report, the Government Accountability Office said that the Air Force is currently operating two financial management systems, one more modern than the other. The Air Force has been deploying the more modern […]
The General Services Administration is scheduled to launch a modern version of IT Dashboard, a website containing information on federal information technology portfolios and business case reports. Initially launched in 2009, IT Dashboard is designed to provide the private sector and general public transparency in the federal government’s IT investments. A GSA spokesperson said that […]
The Social Security Administration has tasked health care data and technology solutions provider Veradigm with providing a system that would automate medical chart retrieval. Veradigm will use its eChart Courier platform to allow the SSA Disability Determination Services to streamline its disability application processes. The platform gives the agency the ability to electronically request and […]
The U.S. Air Force used a command and control management application during the Cope North 2022 multinational exercise from Feb. 2 to 18. The C2 Incident Management Emergency Response Application was developed by the Air Force Kessel Run organization. The application focuses on reporting, planning, force generation, emergency management and C2 monitoring and execution. The […]
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board is slated to launch new digital tools through the ThriftLine Service Center sometime in mid-2022 as part of the organization’s Converge modernization effort. According to a letter to Thrift Savings Plan participants, the tools that are included in the upcoming release are mobile applications, a virtual assistant, live agent […]
The completion of an effort by the Office of Personnel Management to migrate to a new financial system has been delayed by a year, according to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office. The GAO says that the effort, dubbed the Trust Funds Modernization Program, was originally expected to be finished by October 2022, […]
