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- IRS to pay $70M in bonuses, Grassley says
- Senators push Tangherlini for assurances GSA is improving
- As VA works to eliminate one backlog, one more might emerge
- BRAC-like commission proposed to hunt down government cost savings
- Sequestration claims another conference: DHS's GFirst cyber event
- Postal Service closing Capitol Hill post offices in 'symbolic' move
- Senators seek cost cuts for F-35 fighter jet
- Fed pens new furlough song
- Web guru Dorris brings new life to government websites
- EPA CIO Jackson returning to private sector
- Navy strikes enterprise licensing deal with Oracle
- Contractors with security clearances lack path to report problems
- NSA leak case gives vendors reason to reevaluate personnel
- 8 contract executives guilty of 8(a) contracting fraud
- Whistleblower suit leads to $12M false claims settlement by SAIC
- USPS reaches energy reduction goal ahead of schedule
IRS draws new criticism over $70M employee bonuses
IRS draws new criticism over $70M in employee bonuses, says it's bound by union contract
IRS official contradicts claims about reviews
IRS official in DC, involved in scrutiny of tea party groups, contradicts earlier claims
IRS manager: White House not involved in reviews
'Conservative' IRS manager tells investigators that White House not involved in targeting
IRS official apologizes for lavish $4M conference
An Internal Revenue Service official whose division staged a $4.1 million training conference and who starred as Mr. Spock in a "Star Trek" parody shown at the 2010 gathering conceded to Congress on Thursday that taxpayer dollars were wasted in the episode.
IRS disciplines 2 workers for free food at party
IRS places 2 workers on administrative leave for accepting free food at lavish 2010 conference
IG: IRS violated few policies in spending millions on conferences
The Internal Revenue Service held 225 employee conferences between 2010 and 2012, at a total cost of $49 million, according to a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). The report also revealed the embattled agency used funding originally slated to hire front-line employees to foot most of the bill for a $4.1 million conference held in Anaheim, Calif., in 2010.
New IRS head says taxpayers no longer trust agency
New IRS head says he is committed to restoring 'broken' trust in agency after tea party storm
Sequestration: World's dullest soap opera?
Welcome to sequestration, which is currently the world's longest-running interactive game show starring you, your granny, and all your friends and neighbors, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. The question is: Are you having fun yet?
Analysis: Management reforms key to rebuilding IRS after scandal
The revelations of improper targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service has so far been isolated to lower-level offices. But the former head of the IRS says an overall failure of leadership must be corrected if the embattled agency wants to rebuild its reputation. Mark Everson, head of the IRS under George W. Bush, told Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp President Barack Obama should appoint a permanent IRS commissioner.
Todd Grams to return to IRS as chief of staff
Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel requested Grams come back to the IRS for a third stint and leave his current role as the executive-in-charge in the Office of Management and chief financial officer at the Veterans Affairs Department.
IRS names new chief risk officer in wake of Tea Party scandal
The Internal Revenue Service named David Fisher as its new chief risk officer on Tuesday.
IRS replaces official in tea party controversy
IRS replaces official who supervised agents involved in targeting tea party groups
5 percent of federal workforce to be furloughed Friday
The Department of Housing and Urban Development, Internal Revenue Service, Office of Management and Budget and the Environmental Protection Agency will all shut down Friday because of widespread employee furloughs — giving feds a four-day holiday weekend. The Labor and Interior Departments also are telling employees to stay home.
Broke no laws, IRS official says _ then takes 5th
IRS official in targeting probe says she did nothing wrong _ then says no more, taking the 5th
Off with their heads! What would Mick Jagger do?
For many people involved in the alleged scandals at the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service, the solution is simple: Off with their heads. Fire the offenders whether they are political appointees or career civil servants. But this isn't Paris in 1789, it's Washington in 2013 so things will go a little slower, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing
IRS official who runs division that targeted tea party groups to take the 5th before Congress
More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told
White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April that an impending report was likely to say the IRS had inappropriately targeted conservative groups.
Saintly media vs. government devils
When a newspaper reporter fakes a story, we are outraged. When a network TV show gets it wrong, we are stunned. But we tend to forget, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. But when a handful of government workers go rogue, maybe on orders from their political bosses, the entire workforce is tainted for a long, long time.
Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012
Investigator says he told top Treasury officials of IRS probe in June of campaign year 2012
Obama picks budget official to run troubled IRS
Obama picks senior White House budget official to run troubled IRS as 2nd top official leaves
