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Federal Drive Interviews -- April. 15, 2013

Nina Olson of the IRS talks about new penalties aimed at reducing tax-return related identity theft. Alan Paller of the SANS Institute offers insight on the increased cyber funding in President Obama's 2014 budget request. Dwight Sullivan, a civilian counsel with the Air Force Appellate Defense Division, discusses Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's call to remove commanders' ability to overturn criminal convictions. Sandy Baum of George Washington University discusses a new study that calls on changes to the Pell Grant program. Erika Harrell of the Bureau of Justice Statistics talks about a new report on violence in the workplace. Cady North, a senior financial analyst with Bloomberg Government, talks about a new report on funding among six financial regulatory agencies.

Tags: Federal Drive , Alan Paller , Dwight Sullivan , Sandy Baum , Erika Harrell , Cady North

Monday - 04/15/2013, 09:14am EDT

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In Depth interviews - Jan. 14

On the In Depth show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.

Tags: Francis Rose , In Depth , Steve Kelman , Dov Szego , Bob Tobias , Andrew Sherrill

Monday - 01/14/2013, 07:19pm EST

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IRS struggling to tackle massive surge in identity theft

Faced with declining resources, the Internal Revenue Service has diverted resources from elsewhere inside the agency to try and head off skyrocketing cases of identity theft stemming from tax refunds.

Tags: IRS , Congress , House , House Oversight and Government Reform Commitee , TIGTA , GAO , National Taxpayer Advocate , J. Russell George , Gerry Connolly , Beth Tucker , James White , technology , cybersecurity , Jared Serbu

Monday - 12/03/2012, 02:45pm EST

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Demands increase, resources decline at IRS

Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson concludes that the IRS "is subject to three diverging forces - increased responsibility for non-core tax administration duties, increasing demand for taxpayer service (including telephone assistance) and declining resources to meet that demand, and collection policies that mask a laissez faire attitude toward taxpayer harm under the guise of ‘efficiency.'"

Tags: IRS , mngt , customer service , contracting , outsourcing

Monday - 10/17/2011, 01:09pm EDT

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