John Koskinen
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Congress came out swinging last week, with some lawmakers calling on the IRS chief's impeachment, while House Republicans passed a bill that would give private debt collectors some of the responsibilities currently held by the tax agency. Report cards were also issued from Capitol Hill, and there was a lot of red.
November 09, 2015 -
The resolution to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen won't pass a House vote, said Bill Cowden, an attorney with the Federal Practice Group and former senior trial attorney for the Justice Department.
November 03, 2015 -
Is Koskinen a cover-up crook, a bag man for the Obama administration or an honest guy simply trying to clean up a scandal?
October 29, 2015 -
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), and 18 other members of his committee, introduced a resolution calling for IRS Commissioner John Koskinen's impeachment. Koskinen said his agency has made some progress in improving accountability and communication in the wake of IRS scandals.
October 27, 2015 -
The IRS and 20 tax industry organizations will share 20 new data sets with each other during the next tax filing season.
October 20, 2015 -
IRS commissioner John Koskinen wrote to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) that his agency needs to be part of the budget talks for increasing cybersecurity funding.
October 09, 2015 -
Political pundits are betting Congress will pass a continuing resolution to keep the government funded past the end of this month. Most agencies would prefer that lawmakers pass a real budget. Not the Internal Revenue Service though. Commissioner John Koskinen explains why his agency is better off without a standard budget bill.
September 14, 2015 -
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen says a CR is a better alternative to the proposed budget cuts to the agency. The IRS could lose as much as $838 million if the House has its way.
September 11, 2015 -
Jon Adler, president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, says the criminal investigation division of the IRS should become its own agency that reports directly the Treasury Department.
August 21, 2015 -
When you think of the IRS, words like warm, fuzzy, helpful, friendly, don't immediately come to mind. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causeys says there are reasons to reconsider that assessment.
August 04, 2015 -
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) would like to see more focus and urgency by the Office of Personnel Management in its response to two major cyber breaches that have put the personnel information of millions of federal employees at risk.
June 23, 2015 -
The Internal Revenue Service\'s Get Transcript system remains offline after criminals stole data from 104,000 taxpayers. The IRS and its overseers agree the authentication mechanisms the site used failed to keep pace with hackers.
June 03, 2015 -
Federal employees across the government have been watching the IRS and the challenges it has with its workforce. Commissioner John Koskinen said this year will be the last year for a hiring freeze, as the agency has to replenish a staff that's aging in place with thousands eligible to retire. This sounds like good news for IRS employees. But is it? Federal News Radio's Web manager Julia Ziegler joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to share with some of your comments.
April 03, 2015 -
The Internal Revenue Service has frozen or severely restricted all new hiring for the past several years in response to budget cuts. But IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told senior agency officials to lift the freeze next year.
April 01, 2015 -
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen says the agency won't have to shut down for two days this fiscal year, as he earlier had warned employees. The IRS can make its current budget last until September because of other cuts it has made, he said.
March 18, 2015