Treasury Department

IRS adds another state to Direct File, as House Republicans seek to defund it

About 580,000 Oregon residents will be eligible to use the IRS’ Direct File platform next filing season, as long as the program remains funded.

IT Modernization

IRS to boost enforcement staffing, close tax loopholes used by complex partnerships

Agency Oversight

Treasury’s Heller-Stein stepping in to lead the CHCO Council

People

House GOP propose defunding IRS Direct File, further budget cuts to enforcement

Congress

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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)

How the pandemic changed IRS technology for good

Ask the CIO

Treasury giving agencies a fighting chance to prevent fraud

Agency Oversight

Senate to take $100M back from TMF, $10M from USDS

Budget

Treasury, IRS set 50% return-to-office target for employees to meet ‘governmentwide’ standard

Workforce

Beyond finger-pointing: Common sense reform needed to prevent another fraud crisis

Commentary

CISA could offer stronger ‘top-down’ support to agencies, cyber officials say

Cybersecurity

The Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

Too many CRs will have catastrophic effects on DoD, Air Force official says

Federal Newscast

What whistleblowers will need from Congress in 2024

Improper payments, fraud in nearly every major federal program, contracting irregularities and false claims. These problems roll on and on, year after year.

Workforce

IRS using ‘every tool available’ to ramp up agency recruitment, retention

To reach a goal of bringing in 20,000 employees, IRS Human Capital Officer Traci DiMartini has a major hiring strategy planned, covering everything from…

Hiring/Retention

IRS cybersecurity chief says agency has made ‘tremendous progress’ on logging

Cybersecurity

The head of the IRS’ cybersecurity operations says the Treasury agency is making progress on logging, multifactor authentication, and other aspects of “zero trust” security to help protect taxpayer data.