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Rajive Mathur has been appointed the new deputy commissioner for systems and CIO for the Social Security Administration.
As part of its ongoing Future State initiative, the IRS will refresh its website starting this summer. The agency is also continuing to develop a secure online account for taxpayers to check the status of their balances, as well as a new digital communications tool where citizens can correspond with the IRS in a secure environment.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General reports that though the number of allegations is low, DoJ has systemic issues with how it handles sexual harassment and misconduct claims.
In today's Federal Newscast, three federal agencies launch a new network to quickly relay information about individuals considered a threat to police officers.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee scolded the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Education on Wednesday for not sounding the alarm sooner on a major cyber incident that may have compromised sensitive financial information on more than 100,00 taxpayers who applied for federal student financial aid.
The spending package gives the Homeland Security Department about $1.5 billion for border security activities for the remaining five months of the fiscal year. For civilian agencies, here are six other areas to take note of in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017.
The Government Accountability Office's report on reducing agency fragmentation, overlap, and duplication shows the federal government could save tens of billions of dollars — if agencies choose to act on the recommendations and Congress offers its help.
The IRS says a "convenience app" on the Education Department's student loan online application is being used to steal identities and file tax returns. The tax agency is working to notify potential victims and has flagged the accounts to protect against future ID theft attempts.
What do many members of Congress have in common with TV's Homer Simpson? The short answer, according to Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, is a short attention span.
The Internal Revenue Service hopes to close the tax gap by using private collection agencies (PCAs) to outsource delinquent tax payments. Agency officials say it's important to stay vigilant during the PCA program, to ensure fraudsters are not preying on taxpayers.
The IRS is reviewing its managerial pay system after the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration identified over 1,500 instances where managerial pay raises were applied incorrectly.
Last year the Internal Revenue Service showed improved telephone customer service, and close to 300 million visits to the Where's My Refund? site. Agency leadership and advocates say those are just two examples of why the tax agency needs full funding in FY2018.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, officials tell Reuters that companies working with the Central Intelligence Agency are checking records trying to find where massive leak came from.
The Internal Revenue Service is looking to continue the momentum it's gained in customer service rates, and strengthen security around sharing of taxpayer information with agency partners.