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IRS CEO Frank Bisignano testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 4, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

IRS chief says agency is engaged in a ‘thorough’ cybersecurity review

Democratic lawmakers pressed Frank Bisignano on the IRS-ICE data-sharing agreement. The CEO said the tax agency is prioritizing risk management and touted its AI work.
Erin Collins, national taxpayer advocate, speaks during a subcommittee hearing on “Internal Revenue Service: Narrowing the Tax Gap and Improving Taxpayer Services,” on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on May 19, 2021. (Photo by SARAH SILBIGER/AFP via Getty Images)

National Taxpayer Advocate pins some IRS modernization blame on procurement hurdles

In an annual report to Congress, Erin M. Collins details myriad IT acquisition issues the tax agency faces as it attempts to shift away from paper-based processes.
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U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during a news conference following a weekly Democratic policy luncheon on Capitol Hill on October 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. The government remains shut down after Congress failed to reach a funding on October 1. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Senate Democrats sound alarm over VA’s resumption of EHR rollout 

The VA secretary says the lawmakers are “cherry picking years old problems.”
UNITED STATES – SEPTEMBER 9: Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Mich., left, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., conduct a news conference at the Republican National Committee after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Lawmakers signal skepticism of VA’s planned spring EHR rollout 

The deployment of the Electronic Health Record system will be the VA’s first in nearly three years.
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