Reporters’ Roundup: Lessons from Locke, IRS apologizes

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  • Commerce Secretary Gary Locke manages by a few basic rules…set super-high stretch goals, measure achievements and don’t be afraid to fail. Over the last two years Commerce has gone through, what he calls, creative destruction. So as Locke prepares to leave Commerce to become ambassador to China, he offers some observations into how the department has been remade. Federal News Radio’s Jason Miller joins In Depth with details.
  • Victims of identity theft who say they received shabby treatment by the IRS got a personal, and public apology from the agency’s commissioner on Capitol Hill today. Lawmakers are exploring how to tighten the agency’s internal controls to reduce the number of refunds it sends out to scammers. Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu joins In Depth with more information

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