Internal Revenue Service

New numbers from the IRS’ watchdog truly show less workers, means less tax dollars

In today’s Federal Newscast, the IRS saw the amount of money collected through enforcement mechanism drop significantly in fiscal 2020.

Federal Newscast

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Are you an introvert or extrovert: Telework tell!

Federal Report

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OMB memo directs agencies to study federal customer experience barriers

Management

FILE - Sunlight shines on the U.S. House of Representatives and Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 21, 2022. In good times or bad, U.S. presidents come to Congress with a diagnosis that hardly differs over the decades. In their State of the Union speeches, they declare “the state of our union is strong,” or words very much like it. Whatever phrase President Joe Biden uses in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, American unity and strength are being sharply tested on multiple fronts. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Senate passes $1.5T omnibus spending deal seeking state of the federal workforce updates

Budget

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RPA helps IRS make fundamental shift in procurement, finance operations

Automation

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Uh-oh, satisfaction with federal government services has dropped

Agency Oversight

FILE - This April 13, 2014, file photo shows the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters building in Washington. On Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming The IRS will issue a fourth round of stimulus checks to Americans in February 2022. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

IRS offering Saturday walk-in help this tax season

Workforce

IRS employees brace for another tax season hampered by the pandemic

Management

How the IRS is taking digital government to a new level

IT Modernization

FILE - In this photo March 22, 2013 file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. A complaint filed with the IRS alleges that a conservative group is violating its nonpartisan and nonprofit status by using a voter data system linked to the Republican party. The complaint is against the American Legislative Exchange Council. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

A better path forward for the Internal Revenue Service’s verification system

Commentary

President Joe Biden delivers remarks at NJ Transit Meadowlands Maintenance Complex to promote his

Energy Dept. backs 17 green federal building upgrades as ‘preview’ of future spending

Facilities/Construction

A couple of ideas for how the IRS can plug the so-called tax gap

With the IRS possibly getting big budget boosts in the next few years, the question becomes whether it can hire the people it says it needs … with any…

Hiring/Retention

FILE - This May 4, 2021, photo shows the Treasury Building in Washington. The U.S. budget deficit hit a record $2.06 trillion through the first eight months of this budget year as coronavirus relief programs drove spending to all-time highs. The shortfall this year is 9.7% higher than the $1.88 trillion deficit run up over the same period a year ago, the Treasury Department said Wednesday, June 9, 2021 in its monthly budget report. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file)

Bureau of the Fiscal Service seeks to issue nearly all payments electronically by 2030

The Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service sees an opportunity to modernize the way it does business, after spending much of the COVID-19…

Big Data

Pay taxes like the millionaire you (probably) are!

Federal Report

If you work for the government or are retired from it, you almost certainly have an estate. And it is probably more extensive than you think.