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Budget

Treasury secretary: IRS hit a ‘home run’ on challenging filing season, but still needs staffing and budget cuts

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the IRS can still meet the needs of taxpayers with more spending and staffing cuts because of new automation tools.

Commentary

Federal agencies are using AI to evaluate proposals. Is your team ready?

Budget

Trump’s 2027 budget request doubles down on agency reorganizations panned by Congress

Agency Oversight

GAO: Limited access to IRS tax data made SBA loan oversight harder, increased program risk

Workforce

Exclusive IRS flags W-2 errors for some employees weeks before tax deadline

Workforce

Treasury prepares RIF for office created to avoid financial crisis, IRS IT resumes hiring after mass reassignments

Federal Newscast

IRS has no plan to reduce backlog of taxpayer correspondence, watchdog finds

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Unions

Social Security ordered to restore telework; EPA and NASA roll back collective bargaining

Alexis Goldstein, a member of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s chapter of the National Treasury Employees Union, speaks at a press conference outside the Supreme Court on Monday. Goldstein, in her personal capacity, joined several federal colleagues in urging Democrats to “say no to the bully.” The event, organized by the Civil Servants Coalition, criticized the Trump administration’s federal workforce overhauls this year.

Unions

Collective bargaining at IRS still stands, union president says

IRS Buyouts

Unions

IRS rescinds collective bargaining agreement with its largest union

IRS Progress Report

Litigation

Court says the IRS can continue to share immigrants' taxpayer data with ICE

FILE - A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building on May 4, 2021, in Washington. Conservative politicians and candidates are distorting how a major economic bill passed over the weekend by the Senate would reform the IRS and affect taxes for the middle class. The Inflation Reduction Act, which awaits a House vote after passing in the Senate on Sunday, would increase the ranks of the IRS — but it wouldn’t create a mob of armed auditors looking to harass middle class taxpayers, as some Republicans are claiming. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Management

Think an old tax issue is behind you? The IRS says otherwise

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Workforce

IRS looks to shrink office space after losing a quarter of its workforce last year

IRS Progress Report

Workforce

IRS CIO says agency lost 40% of tech workers last year

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Congress

House Democrats criticize ‘devastating’ federal workforce cuts, seek path forward

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Workforce

IRS officially puts back-office employees on ‘involuntary’ details to handle filing season work

IRS DOGE

Workforce

‘Cracks are emerging:' IRS moves back-office staff to filing season jobs, amid short-staffing concerns

Government Shutdown

Congress

House looks to end partial government shutdown by Tuesday

customer experience

Commentary

The need to re-think government’s digital approach

IRS Report

Management

After missing hiring goals, IRS dials back taxpayer phone assistance targets

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Management

Ahead of filing season, IRS scraps customer service metric it’s used for 20 years

Workforce

Trump lauds ‘tremendous’ federal workforce cuts. Good government group calls them ‘disturbing.’

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Congress

Shrinking federal office space, more agencies spared from major cuts: Highlights from latest spending bills

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