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Senators want know what VA has planned for COVID vaccine distribution

In today’s Federal Newscast, a group of Senate Democrats want to know how the Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine…

Federal Newscast

IRS taking big step towards IT modernization

Acquisition

CMS untangles its data infrastructure to enable AI-powered fraud detection

Automation

How well did the IRS handle pandemic?

Agency Oversight

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)

IRS details strategy for replacing its most ancient computer code

Tom Temin Commentary

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. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

IRS drafting plan to decommission legacy systems as part of enterprise cloud migration

IT Modernization

IRS, Army using automation to cut hours out of the acquisition process

Reporter's Notebook

Pandemic workload brought IRS to the limit of doing more with less

Management

Keeping the IRS professional

She may not be known to the general public, but this IRS executive helps tax preparers and the tax community generally navigate the system and also maintain…

Management

GAO pleading with agencies to follow recommendations to improve pandemic response

In today’s Federal Newscast, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro implores agencies and Congress to implement what he called 16 concrete recommendations immediately…

Federal Newscast

Feds are still struggling to balance work and childcare. But there’s a program that could help.

Workforce

A group of federal managers and senior executives are pushing the Trump administration to establish an emergency leave transfer program for employees struggling to balance their work and childcare responsibilities during the pandemic.