Taxpayers continue to shift from paper to online filing, with electronically filed returns running 10 percent ahead of last year.
In a memo from OMB’s e-government and IT administrator Karen Evans and Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs administrator John Graham, the administration last week asked agencies to make the public more aware of the online rulemaking site and the ability to comment on it.
Clarence Crawford, OPM's chief information officer, said the Web site, one of five e-government initiatives that the agency runs, lists more than 18,000 federal jobs and has 400,000 résumés posted online.
Of the 40.2 million returns that have been e-filed, more than 9.2 million were prepared by the taxpayer on a home computer, 23 percent more than last year.
Weiterlesen: USA: More business e-services available as e-filing mounts
Looking ahead 18 months to the fiscal year 2006 budget, which takes effect Oct. 1, 2005, the White House Office of Management and Budget has began a governmentwide analysis of five lines of business to expand electronic government, the agency said Tuesday.
Weiterlesen: USA: White House To Study Ways To Expand E-Government