For the Internal Revenue Service to reach its congressional mandate of having 80 percent of taxpayers file electronically by 2007, the agency will have to make it "smart business" for third-party tax organizations to adopt and promote e-filing, officials said Jan. 27.
Experts estimate that one in eight Americans has unclaimed property or cash being held in state treasuries, and more than $20 billion is waiting to be discovered by citizens. Thanks to a new service on the state's official Web site (www.TennesseeAnytime.org), Tennessee is making it even easier for you to see if have citizens and businesses have unclaimed property in the state's possession.
Read more: USA: Tennessee's Unclaimed Property Service Now Online
The $390 billion fiscal 2003 omnibus appropriations package passed by the Senate late Thursday includes only $5 million of the $45 million originally earmarked for interagency electronic government projects.
Read more: USA: Senate slashes $40 million from e-government fund
One of the best state Web sites in the nation just got better. During his State of the State speech last week, Indiana Governor Frank O'Bannon launched the state of Indiana's next generation Web portal at www.IN.gov. accessIndiana, the official Web portal for the state of Indiana, now has a dramatic new look and improved organization of information. accessIndiana was built and is managed by Indiana Interactive, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of eGovernment firm NIC (Nasdaq:EGOV).
Die texanische Stadt Houston hat sich US-Presseberichten zufolge entschieden, für ihre 13.000 Angestellten anstelle von Microsofts Bürosuite "Office" die Web-basierte Software einer örtlichen Startup einzuführen. Simdesk Technologies bietet dazu ein Paket einzelner Anwendungen an, darunter Textverarbeitung, Tabellenkalkulation, Terminverwaltung und Mail-Client. Die Firma hat nach eigenen Angaben ein extrem effizientes Übertragunsprotokoll entwickelt und will mit einem einzigen 32-Wege-Server von Unisys 21 Millionen Nutzer bedienen können.