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Amid IT modernization efforts, IRS losing programmers and master file needs replacing
Legacy systems still plague the IRS, which is trying to modernize its IT infrastructure despite losing programmers, the Government Accountability Office found.
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Few agencies exemplify the interrelated challenges of IT modernization and workforce planning like the IRS. It spends close to $3 billion a year on its systems yet still maintains applications programmed in the languages of yesteryear. As it does periodically, the Government Accountability Office took a look at some of the IRS’s investments. Dave Powner, director of information technology management issues at the GAO, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for the highlights.
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