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IRS to improve privacy protections for its free-file program

The IRS told its inspector general that it is reviewing privacy disclosures from Free File partners to mitigate risks of exposing personal information.

Federal Newscast

Former IRS contractor employees retained access to facilities, systems and equipment

Workforce

New telephone service problems for the IRS

Cybersecurity

After major taxpayer leak, IRS takes steps to improve data security

Workforce

IRS taxpayer assistance centers still have some work to do on the customer service front

Federal Newscast

IRS spends about $2B to rebuild workforce, modernize legacy IT systems

Hiring/Retention

IRS needs to use pay incentives more to keep up with hiring goals, watchdog warns

IRS Upgrade

Federal Newscast

The IRS appears to have counted out some taxpayers a bit too soon

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Federal Newscast

IRS needs more precision in doling out cash awards to whistleblowers, IG says

FILE - A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building on May 4, 2021, in Washington. Conservative politicians and candidates are distorting how a major economic bill passed over the weekend by the Senate would reform the IRS and affect taxes for the middle class. The Inflation Reduction Act, which awaits a House vote after passing in the Senate on Sunday, would increase the ranks of the IRS — but it wouldn’t create a mob of armed auditors looking to harass middle class taxpayers, as some Republicans are claiming. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Federal Newscast

The IRS may want to revisit the idea of a suggestion box for employees

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)

Hiring/Retention

IRS sees ‘continued challenge’ hiring above workforce attrition rate in coming years

Taxpayer, IRS, tax season

Agency Oversight

IRS hires 15,000 new employees to tackle pandemic-era tax return backlog

FILE - In this photo March 22, 2013 file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. Lawmakers are increasingly looking at boosting the IRS to help pay for infrastructure improvements. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Workforce

IRS to study telework’s impact on workforce in omnibus spending bill

Charles Rettig

Federal Newscast

Commissioner Rettig confident in more progress on IRS backlog by the end of 2022

A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, on May 4, 2021. The Internal Revenue Service says it is conducting a comprehensive review of safety at its facilities. The action comes in response to an increasing number of threats borne of conspiracy theories that agents were going to aggressively target middle-income taxpayers. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Agency Oversight

A new look at an old problem: Contractors who don't pay their taxes

Federal Newscast

GSA's chief information officer is on a hiring spree

IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig

Budget

IRS gets $1B funding increase in draft FY 2023 bill from House appropriators

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Federal Newscast

40 members of US Digital Corps head to 13 agencies to improve services

FILE - This March 22, 2013 file photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. The Internal Revenue Service is recalling about 46,000 of its employees furloughed by the government shutdown, nearly 60 percent of its workforce, to handle tax returns and pay out refunds. The employees won't be paid. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Agency Oversight

Hundreds of IRS employees wrongfully accessed taxpayer information over last 10 years

FILE - This May 4, 2021 file photo shows the outside of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. Small businesses that have been buffeted by the pandemic, inflation and shipping woes have another challenge to add to their plate: taxes. Tax season can be complicated for everyone, but as the April 18 filing deadline looms, small business owners, contractors, entrepreneurs and others face even more rules and regulations that are ever-changing. The Internal Revenue Service has announced a backlog and warned that more delays are to be expected. The IRS said earlier this month it was hiring 10,000 workers to deal with a backlog of 23 million items triggered by limiting operations during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Federal Newscast

New numbers from the IRS' watchdog truly show less workers, means less tax dollars

This May 4, 2021, photo shows a sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Workforce

The IRS has to tighten up its procedures for employee time off

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Workforce

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

Chairman Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks during a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hybrid nominations hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 22, 2021, to consider the nominees for Postal Service Governors Anton Hajjar, Amber McReynolds, and Ronald Stroman, along with Kiran Ahuja, the nominee to be Office of Personnel Management Director. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Federal Newscast

Senators looking to pass comprehensive cyber bill