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IRS closes facilities in broad real-estate consolidation plan
In a broad move to wring more savings from real estate costs, the IRS announced it will close 43 small offices over the next two years and reduce space at many other larger facilities.IRS also plans to consolidate multiple offices "within the same commuting area" and will increase the use of desk-sharing and telework to save space at other offices.
Tags: OMB , Jeffrey Zients , IRS , real property , real property disposal ,
IRS Commissioner Shulman stepping down next month
IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman will leave the agency when his term ends next month, the IRS announced Wednesday. Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement Steven Miller, will serve as acting commissioner after Schulman departs. Shulman's last day will Nov. 9.
Tags: IRS , people , Steven Miller , Jack Moore
IRS discouraged fraud detection in ID program
The Internal Revenue Service has been looking the other way instead of rooting out fraud when people apply for taxpayer identification numbers, Treasury Department investigators said Wednesday, exposing a shortfall with both financial and national security implications.
Tags: IRS , Treasury , fraud , J. Russell George
Antiquated systems slowing down IRS modernization, GAO says
David Powner, GAO's Director of Information Technology Issues, said the problem is not that IRS does not have enough funding for technology — the problem is the agency is still relying on antiquated systems.
Tags: David Powner , GAO , IRS , Federal Drive , technology
IRS to offer buyouts, early retirements
IRS will offer buyouts to employees who do not deal directly with taxpayer services. It's possible that a second round of buyouts will be offered to a wider range of employees.
Tags: IRS , pay and benefits , buyouts , retirement , VERA , VSIP , Congress , budget
NTEU warns against the loss of IRS jobs, revenue
The union that represents IRS workers is ramping up a public campaign in hopes of convincing voters that the loss of 4,000 tax collectors and agents would be bad for government services that they depend on. Congressional appropriators have proposed cutting the division's budget by $450 million-to-$600 million.
Tags: IRS , budget , Congress , Treasury , NTEU , Colleen Kelley , Dick Durbin , dodd-frank act , SEC , Senate Appropriations Committee , House Appropriations Committee , Emily Kopp
IRS picks new advocacy members
Tags: IRS , open government , TAP , John Buckner
