Bringing the IRS out of the Kennedy era

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans

Welcome to Bloomberg Government’s Analyst Picks, our expertly curated briefing of top stories affecting the federal market. Bloomberg Government clients have access to Washington’s best government contracting data and analysis. Get introduced to one of our product experts –> What you should know today: IRS lacking in IT modernization; tracking social media for security clearances; Bulgaria seeks to sell arms manufacturers. A Taxing IT Problem With tax day quickly approaching, you can count on one thing the IRS is definitely not about to do: update its central data hub, which went online in the 1960s. According to FCW: “The agency still relies on the Individual Master File, which started operating in the early 1960s, for its central data processing needs. The Customer Account Data Engine was supposed to swap current database technology for IMF’s magnetic tape, but the push to replace IMF has slowed to a crawl.” Until the system is upgraded, the IRS will continue teaching employees the outdatedCOBOL programming language, and will rely on workarounds to link the IMF to other systems. The IRS has had success in other IT areas, such as electronic tax filing and refund tracking. According to Bloomberg Government’s Budget Request dashboard, the IRS […]

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