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Former Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Internal Revenue Service commissioner, speaks during a Senate Finance Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill on May 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Billy Long wants IRS to take ‘clues from private sector’ on IT modernization

The Trump administration’s nominee to be IRS commissioner also said Direct File would be one of the first things he’d look at if confirmed.
May 20, 2025 By Matt Bracken
Gene Dodaro, comptroller general of the Government Accountability Office, center, testifies during a Legislative Branch Subcommittee hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 29, 2025. (Photo by DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)

Watchdog identifies $100B in potential government cost savings

New recommendations from the GAO in its annual report follow DOGE’s acknowledgement that its trillion-dollar cost-savings goals have fallen well short.
May 13, 2025 By Matt Bracken
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the House Appropriations Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on May 6, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

‘AI boom’ will make up for IRS workforce cuts, Treasury secretary says

Scott Bessent told House lawmakers that better IT and artificial intelligence will “enhance collections” at the tax agency, which has shed 11% of its workforce during this…
May 6, 2025 By Matt Bracken
A sign marks the location of the General Services Administration headquarters building on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

GSA changes TMF repayment model with ‘longevity’ in mind

A “strategic” change to prioritize full repayment of “high-impact” modernization projects is part of a GSA push to break down federal IT siloes and embrace shared services.
May 2, 2025 By Matt Bracken
Maria Roat, Margie Graves, Suzette Kent and Erie Meyer sit at a long table in a hearing room on Capitol Hill.
Maria Roat, Margie Graves, Suzette Kent and Erie Meyer appear at a hearing before the Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation on April 29, 2025. Roat and Graves are former deputy federal CIOs, Kent was the federal CIO under the first Trump administration, and Meyer was previously the chief technologist at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission. (Photo by Madison Alder)

Former federal technologists highlight TMF, shared tech solutions amid DOGE push

While lawmakers and panelists agreed IT modernization should be bipartisan, DOGE loomed over the discussion.
Apr 30, 2025 By Madison Alder
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