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Treasury secretary working on penmanship
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew's loopy signature is showing signs of improvement as he gets ready to affix his "Jacob Lew" to the nation's currency.
Tags: Jacob Lew
Bureau of Fiscal Service primes network for influx of new customers
Kim McCoy, the bureau's chief information officer, said she's looking at how best to pre-position resources to get new agency financial management customers on board more quickly.
April 11, 2013
Tags: technology , management , Kim McCoy , Bureau of Fiscal Service , financial management , shared services , data analytics , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller , Rise of the Money People
Likely Treasury chief Lew faces early budget tests
Tags: Jacob Lew , Timothy Geithner , Senate Finance Committee
Federal Drive Interviews -- Feb. 11, 2013
Ron Ross of the National Institute of Standards and Technology wants feedback on the agency's IT security and privacy controls. Deputy Commissioner Wanda Rogers of the Treasury Department's Financial Management Service talks about the final transition to E-Payments. Philip Lohaus is a research fellow with the American Enterprise Institute and former Defense Department analyst who has studied and blogged about how the CIA is two organizations in one.
Tags: Ron Ross , Wanda Rodgers , Tom Davis , Philip Lohaus , Sen. Ben Cardin , NIST , Deloitte & Touche , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , CIA , Federal Drive , Deloitte & Touche
Federal Drive interviews -- July 23
Rob Strayer of the Bipartisan Policy Center discusses the compromise cybersecurity bill. Daniel Schuman talks about the Congressional Research Service. Dick Gregg fills us in on the Treasury's annual fiscal report.
Tags: John Palguta , Partnership for Public Service , Rob Strayer , Bipartisan Policy Center , Daniel Schuman , Sunlight Foundation , Dick Gregg , Helena Bottemiller , USDA , cybersecurity
Government accountants issue advice to Treasury to help clean up its books
After a year-long study, the Association of Government Accountants issued a report suggesting a dozen changes and steps that would improve how the U.S. Treasury Department tracks government-wide revenue, spending and the federal deficit.
Tags: GAO , accounting standards , financial reporting , budget deficit , budget , Congress
Treasury's FMS proving shared services works
The Financial Management Service moved many of its day-to-day IT operations to the Bureau of Public Debt. FMS is providing oversight and guidance for IT systems in return. John Kopec, FMS's chief information officer, said his next set of priorities is to use business intelligence and analytics tools on the data from the shared service providers.
May 24, 2012
Tags: technology , Financial Management Service , Bureau of Public Debt , John Kopec , shared services , IT services , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
Audit reveals budget cuts, new IT systems slow IRS capabilities
A Treasury Department audit of the Internal Revenue Service has revealed an agency hampered by budget cuts and struggling to update its technology to assist a growing number of taxpayers.
Tags: IRS , Treasury Inspector General , tax season , budget cuts , e-filing
White House unveils new tool to stop improper payments
The White House launched a new "Do Not Pay" tool on Thursday to prevent improper payments to individuals and companies. Agency heads must submit plans to adopt the tool by June 30.
Tags: OMB , improper payments , Danny Werfel , President Barack Obama , Do Not Pay List , Jeffrey Zients
Documents show how Fed missed housing bust
Tags: Ben Bernanke , Federal Reserve , Timothy Geithner
