Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

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

In today’s Federal Newscast: GSA is taking another step to measure how technology vendors are protecting their supply chains. The Navy moves to shutdown…

Federal Newscast

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

Hiring/Retention

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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)

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

Hiring/Retention

IRS ends year with record-breaking reduction in tax return backlog, but challenges remain

Agency Oversight

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)

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

Workforce

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

Federal Newscast

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)

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

Agency Oversight

GSA’s chief information officer is on a hiring spree

Federal Newscast

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

Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) said the IRS budget outlined in the draft bill would help the agency “provide better customer service and crack…

Budget

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

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Biden administration outlines its plan to maximize COVID-era IT modernization funds, and a study shows the brain injury…

Federal Newscast

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)

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

Agency Oversight

Several hundred IRS employees over the past decade violated the agency’s policies around unauthorized access to sensitive taxpayer information.

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

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

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

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

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

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

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

IRS ends year with record-breaking reduction in tax return backlog, but challenges remain

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

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

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

GSA’s chief information officer is on a hiring spree

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

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

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

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