Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

IRS Direct File, GAO, USDS

IRS spends about $2B to rebuild workforce, modernize legacy IT systems

In today’s Federal Newscast: GSA is taking another step to measure how technology vendors are protecting their supply chains. The Navy moves to shutdown…

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(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)FILE- In this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo doors at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building are locked and covered with blinds as a sign posted advises that the office will be closed during the partial government shutdown in Seattle. Disruptions from last month’s partial government shutdown caused a “shocking” deterioration in the IRS’ telephone help for taxpayers in the first week of the filing season, the agency’s watchdog said in a report released Tuesday, Feb. 12. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

IRS sees ‘continued challenge’ hiring above workforce attrition rate in coming years

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(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)FILE - In this photo March 22, 2013 file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. Lawmakers are increasingly looking at boosting the IRS to help pay for infrastructure improvements. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS to study telework’s impact on workforce in omnibus spending bill

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IRS gets $1B funding increase in draft FY 2023 bill from House appropriators

Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) said the IRS budget outlined in the draft bill would help the agency “provide better customer service and crack…

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40 members of US Digital Corps head to 13 agencies to improve services

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Biden administration outlines its plan to maximize COVID-era IT modernization funds, and a study shows the brain injury…

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(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)FILE - This March 22, 2013 file photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. The Internal Revenue Service is recalling about 46,000 of its employees furloughed by the government shutdown, nearly 60 percent of its workforce, to handle tax returns and pay out refunds. The employees won't be paid. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Hundreds of IRS employees wrongfully accessed taxpayer information over last 10 years

Several hundred IRS employees over the past decade violated the agency’s policies around unauthorized access to sensitive taxpayer information.

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