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

    Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) wrote to the Agriculture Department's National Finance Center, the Pentagon's Defense Finance and Accounting Service, the Interior Department's National Business Center and the General Service Administration's National Payroll Branch asking for details on their reporting of wage and tax statements in an effort to ensure tax refunds are going to the right people.

    Congress
    August 27, 2015
  • Obama budget to fix IRS’ service woes, says commissioner

    Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen wants to get his agency to a point where Americans can make all their tax transactions online, and told the Senate Finance Committee that it needs funding close to what President Barack Obama has proposed.

    Budget
    February 04, 2015
  • IRS nominee Koskinen pledges to turn around employee morale, pushes for budget increase

    John Koskinen, President Barack Obama's pick to lead the embattled Internal Revenue Service, pledged to restore public trust in the agency following the recent uproar over revelations of purported political bias by IRS employees. Speaking before the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday morning, Koskinen also said he'd work to turn around the declining employee morale.

    Congress
    December 10, 2013
  • Hearing nominations for vacant Treasury posts

    Although the President’s cabinet team is in place, a number of important positions are still waiting to be filled. The Treasury Department is one agency with high-level positions still vacant. This week the Senate Finance…

    All News
    June 09, 2009
  • NCPA on paying for health reform

    The Senate Finance Committee is considering ways to pay for health reform. Yesterday, senators released a list of tax hikes such as cutting back on flexible spending accounts or taxing alcoholic beverages. We are joined…

    Budget
    May 19, 2009
  • Health care reform rises to top of priority list

    The reformation of the country\'s health care system is one of the next priorities for President Barack Obama and Congress, and the Department of Health and Human Services and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be at the center of this effort.

    Technology
    February 17, 2009
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