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A view of the Internal Revenue Service headquarters building on March 24, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

IRS cleared potentially ineligible providers for e-file program

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found multiple cases of applicants approved for electronic filing that had tax compliance, possible criminal or citizenship issues.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins testifies during the Senate Appropriations Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the FY2027 budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs, in Dirksen building on Thursday, April 30, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

VA head defends EHR budget ask to push program from ‘dial up’ to ‘cyber speed’

Upgrades to the Veterans Affairs Department’s Electronic Health Record system are “actually working” but need to go faster, Secretary Doug Collins said.
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Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 19, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Acting Labor secretary eyes big budget boost for ID verification systems

Keith Sonderling told Senate appropriators that the $25M funding request for DOL’s unemployment-insurance program will help the department reduce improper payments.
Advocates gather in Washington, D.C., to call out tax prep companies like Intuit TurboTax and H&R Block for blocking simplified filing and to support IRS exploration of alternative free tax filing on April 17, 2023. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project)

Senators seek GAO probe of IRS’s Free File program

The Trump administration has touted the tax agency’s oft-criticized Free File partnership with tax companies after it eliminated Direct File following heavy industry lobbying.
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