Cybersecurity
Half A Million People Don’t Know Criminals Stole Their Identities to Get Jobs
Auditors found a programming error prevented the IRS from sending out notices.
Emerging Tech
It Costs Taxpayers $41 Per Phone Call To IRS
The IRS wants to provide a better user experience to customers without breaking the bank.
Digital Government
Congress keeps IRS spending on a short leash
Senate appropriators are continuing a series of spending restrictions and reporting requirements for the IRS in FY2018, even as planned IT modernization lags.
Digital Government
Lawmakers grill IRS on management, IT security
Lawmakers expressed frustration with the tax agency's failures to implement oversight recommendations for workforce management, IT security and legacy systems, as well as its handling of the recent Equifax contract.
Digital Government
IRS to supply real-time income verification under Senate bill
A bipartisan bill just introduced in the Senate would put the cash-strapped IRS on the hook for developing a way of conducting income checks for the financial industry.
Modernization
IRS pushes back on data protection criticisms
Officials cite lower rates of fraudulent tax returns as a mark of improving taxpayer security, but external hacks and internal reviews demonstrate the agency still faces challenges.
Digital Government
GAO Denies Equifax Bid Protest on IRS Contract
In its ruling, GAO said Equifax’ contentions were “unreasonable,” allowing IRS to move forward on a contract with Experian.
Digital Government
GAO denies Equifax bid protest
The protest had resulted in a controversial (and now suspended) bridge contract from the IRS for Equifax's identity management and taxpayer fraud protection services.
Acquisition
IRS suspends Equifax contract
After a tough congressional hearing and news of more infosec woes at Equifax, the IRS suspended a $7.2 million contract with the credit monitoring agency.
Acquisition
Priya (Ishu) I. Krishna
Information Technology Specialist and CADE-2 Requirements Program Manager, Internal Revenue Service
Digital Government
GAO to IRS: Actually, You Didn't Have to Give Equifax a Contract
Despite what IRS officials told Congress, the IRS did not have to continue using Equifax services in a bridge contract, a GAO official said.
Cybersecurity
IRS IT leaders didn't know about $7M Equifax award
IRS CIO Gina Garza told Congress that she and other tech officials at the tax agency did not sign off on a $7 million contract awarded to Equifax a month after the credit monitoring firm disclosed a massive data breach.
Acquisition
IRS relies on obsolete hardware, IG finds
An inspector general audit found the IRS is losing ground when it comes to replacing outdated IT hardware, with budget constraints topping the list of reasons.
Acquisition
IRS dishes on IT procurement strategy
The deputy chief procurement officer at the IRS spoke about lessons learned during a pair of outreach events to the contracting community.
Modernization
Does the IRS have a cloud strategy?
Congress and watchdog agencies have dinged the IRS for lacking an enterprise cloud strategy seven years after it became the official policy of the U.S. government.
Cybersecurity
Thousands Hit in Tax Preparer Phishing Attacks This Year
There were 177 phishing attacks against tax preparers between January and May of this year.
People
