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The Treasury Solicitor's Department Moves Forward With A New Network
White Papers The Treasury Solicitor's Department (TSOL) is one of the largest legal organisations in the country, employing well over 600 people. During the course of a technology health check in September 2002, it found that its internal network - built on an...
[July 5, 2005, 0:00]
US Treasury Breaks Privacy Promise
News The US Treasury Department plans to publish nearly 10,000 email addresses on the Web, violating its privacy promise to Americans who used email to comment on a government proceeding. In March 2003, the Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax...
[January 9, 2004, 8:50]
Strategic Plan For Fiscal Years 2003-2008
White Papers The Financial Management Service (FMS) is a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury. FMS performs many of the fundamental cash management functions that were delegated to Treasury when Congress created the Department in 1789.
[July 12, 2005, 6:00]
Lenovo Faces Security Accusations
News In a letter sent on Tuesday to Treasury Secretary John Snow, three high-ranking members of the House of Representatives urged the Treasury Department's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to conduct a full investigation of the...
[January 27, 2005, 8:40]
IBM-Lenovo Deal Faces Security Investigation
News The report said that IBM and Lenovo were negotiating with the committee, chaired by the Treasury Department, which would need to give its approval for the deal in order for it to avoid a formal investigation and the need for clearance by President...
[January 24, 2005, 15:30]
Monster.com Under Fire For CV Alterations
News According to Kevin Mullins, a Monster.com spokesman, "Monster took the actions to be in full compliance with US regulations" and consulted with the US Treasury Department first. A Treasury Department spokesman did not return calls Wednesday.
[April 24, 2003, 7:22]
Monster.com Thinks Again On CV Purge
News The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee in Washington said it had contacted the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and learned that Monster was not required to alter CVs at all.
[April 28, 2003, 8:18]
ID Card Database Plans Expand
News Until the NIR is up and running the Treasury said it should be a priority for HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions to look at short-term arrangements for wider use of the National Insurance number and ways to better...
[April 19, 2006, 15:45]
Online Banking: A Veil Of Safety
News When banks suspect criminal activity, the Treasury Department requires them to file "Suspicious Activity Reports," bulletins originally used to track tax evaders and money launderers. Based on our examinations, we have seen an increase in security...
[May 6, 2002, 7:32]
Treasury Pledges IT Efficiency
News The Treasury has called for IT projects to be run more efficiently, as it makes more money available for central Government-run technology programmes. Stephen Timms, chief secretary to the Treasury and the former minister for e-commerce, told ZDNet...
[May 14, 2007, 16:50]
Government Attacked Over Document Shredding
News The Liberal Democrats have slammed the Treasury's record for transparency in government IT project spending, saying its opacity leads to a lack of public accountability. The Office of Government Commerce (OGC), a Treasury body, has issued guidance...
[June 5, 2007, 17:02]
Treasury And Federal Reserve Foreign Exchange Operations
White Papers Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve System for the period from July 2001 through September 2001. This paper describes the foreign exchange operations of the U.S. During the third quarter, the dollar depreciated 7.3 percent against...
[June 29, 2005, 3:00]
Pioneering The Online B2B Marketplace
White Papers Accenture is collaborating with the Portuguese National Treasury Department on the ForumB2B project, which aimed to create the largest business-to-business electronic marketplace in Portugal, aggregating, on the buyer side, the Public...
[December 17, 2003, 1:52]
Administration's Latest 2004 Deficit Projection Appears Overstated; Will Final Deficit Figure Be Presented As Progress In Deficit Reduction?
White Papers On August 2, 2004, three days after the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) projected that the fiscal year 2004 deficit will total $445 billion, the Treasury Department issued data indicating a deficit of $418 billion, nearly $30 billion below...
[May 20, 2005, 3:00]
Tax-Credit Bonds And The Federal Cost Of Financing Public Expenditures
White Papers In instances in which the bonds would be used as an alternative to federal appropriations as a source of funding, the cost to the federal government would be greater than it would be with financing through conventional borrowing by the Department...
[June 29, 2005, 3:00]
E-commerce Minister Reshuffled To Treasury
News The UK's e-commerce minister, Stephen Timms, has been moved to a role in the Treasury as a result of last week's Cabinet reshuffle by the prime minister, Tony Blair. Last week's reshuffle has now seen Timms replacing Ruth Kelly in the role of...
[September 15, 2004, 13:55]
Financial Management: Some DOD Contractors Abuse The Federal Tax System With Little Consequence
White Papers This paper provides a perspective on the magnitude of unpaid federal taxes owed by DOD contractors, whether indications exist of abuse or criminal activity by DOD contractors related to the federal tax system, whether DOD and IRS have effective...
[May 25, 2005, 3:00]
Digital Downloads Tax EC/US Relations
News In a statement released by the Treasury Department, Deputy Treasury Secretary Kenneth Dam warned that the proposal could unfairly discriminate against US companies and cautioned the EU against approving the proposal before a global consensus...
[February 11, 2002, 15:20]
Government Websites Under Fire
News The Inland Revenue, the Department of Health and HM Treasury were the worst offenders. In the week the Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI) Patricia Hewitt promised to increase the number of people accessing government services online, a study...
[November 22, 2002, 15:13]
Government Advised To Allow Radio Spectrum Trading
News Professor Martin Cave, who was commissioned by the Department of Trade and Industry and the Treasury to review radio spectrum management, presented his recommendations on Wednesday. The 3G auction, which took place in the latter stages of the dot...
[March 6, 2002, 17:33]
