Jessica Lucas-Judy

Government Accountability Office, federal budget oversight

How the government spends a billion dollars a year on advertising

The federal government is among the biggest spenders on advertising. At about $1.3 billion a year, it’s in the top 25 U.S. spenders.

Agency Oversight

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How the government spends a billion dollars a year on advertising

Management

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Federal duplication and overlap: same story, bigger numbers

Management

IRS touts better customer service through hiring surge, but GAO warns of high attrition

Hiring/Retention

GAO

One hundred new ways the government gets wrapped around its axle

Management

Agencies saved about $552B by tackling fragmentation, overlap and duplication since 2011

Agency Oversight

IRS struggles to process suspended returns with errors and update taxpayers

Agency Oversight

IRS creates ‘surge team’ to address backlog, scraps plan to close tax processing center

Workforce

GAO releases latest report on how government can cut waste, save billions

Agency Oversight

Jessica Lucas-Judy: Potential for reducing government waste outlined by 68 new actions in 23 areas

Federal Drive

IRS watchdogs worry agency spreading itself too thin while handling information sharing, customer service

Management

Jessica Lucas-Judy: GAO examines how IRS handles flagged tax returns

The Internal Revenue Service has to collect most of the revenue coming into the government. But it’s got to do it legally and fairly. Congress has been…

Federal Drive