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Congress

6 federal workforce bills to watch this fall

Hiring reform, telework, locality pay, official time and paid leave are a just a handful of the federal workforce priorities currently pending in Congress.

Congress

Senators press for barcodes on tax returns so IRS can process them faster

Hiring/Retention

IRS sees ‘dramatic improvement’ this filing season as sign of reforms to come

Agency Oversight

Senate confirms Danny Werfel as commissioner focused on rebuilding IRS workforce

Agency Oversight

IRS nominee Werfel outlines plan for ‘high-performing’ agency with $80B investment

Agency Oversight

IRS HR office understaffed ahead of agency's hiring surge, watchdog warns Congress

Congress

House Democrats working towards infrastructure package

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2013 file photo, the Social Security Administration's main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md. Medicare’s financial problems have gotten worse, and Social Security’s can’t be ignored forever. The government’s annual assessment is a sobering checkup on programs vital to the middle class. The report from program trustees says Medicare will become insolvent in 2026, three years earlier than previously forecast. The report says Social Security will become insolvent in 2034, no change from the projection last year.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Management

SSA says it'll start to incrementally bring more employees back to field offices

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. Disruptions from last month’s partial government shutdown caused a “shocking” deterioration in the IRS’ telephone help for taxpayers in the first week of the filing season, the agency’s watchdog said in a report released Tuesday, Feb. 12. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Federal Newscast

What federal union members are saying about a potential government shutdown

FILE - In this April 2, 2015, file photo, a visitor leaves the Sacramento Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Rancho Cordova, Calif. A new program that was supposed to get patients off waiting lists at Veterans Affairs medical centers by letting them switch to private-sector doctors is proving to be an even bigger disappointment than initially thought. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Federal Newscast

GAO says VA needs plan for coming retirement wave

Capt. Thomas Beltz, C-17 Globemaster III pilot with the 514th Air Mobility Wing, closes in to refuel with a KC-10 Extender over the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 10, 2018. The 514th AMW is an Air Force Reserve Command unit located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J..

Federal Newscast

Air Force may be better off trying to keep pilots than hiring more

Andrew Saul listens during his confirmation hearing to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Agency Oversight

Social Security nominee promises 'top-to-bottom' review of IT modernization plan

FILE- This Wednesday, June 6, 2018, file photo shows U.S. currently in New York. Cash back is not just for credit cards. More apps and websites are offering ways to earn money on the stuff you buy, as long as you’re willing to sign up and make a few taps or clicks. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

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Would bonuses help the IRS meet its taxpayer service goals?

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Agency Oversight

Senators want more IRS accountability amid House call for chief's impeachment

Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Tom Carper, D-Del., speaks with reporters following a committee hearing on recent Secret Service agents behavior, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Congress

Congress, agencies dissect root causes of improper payments

Congress

Senators question federal payroll providers’ efforts to protect feds’ identities

Budget

Obama budget to fix IRS' service woes, says commissioner

Congress

IRS nominee Koskinen pledges to turn around employee morale, pushes for budget increase

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Hearing nominations for vacant Treasury posts

Budget

NCPA on paying for health reform

Technology

Health care reform rises to top of priority list