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Laffy<p>Several top officials at the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a>, including the acting commissioner, resigned after the agency agreed to assist with deportation efforts — NYT</p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>In-House Gov Tech Unit for State of the Art Web Portals Disbanded by Doge<br><a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/in-house-gov-tech-unit-for-state-of-the-art-web-portals-disbanded-by-doge" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/i</span><span class="invisible">n-house-gov-tech-unit-for-state-of-the-art-web-portals-disbanded-by-doge</span></a></p><p>"18F, an in-house govt <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> consultancy focused on making key public-facing <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> websites &amp; services more effective &amp; user friendly was finally disbanded last night... team who built the new free <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> tax preparation portal...</p><p>18F actually didn’t cost the govt any money...</p><p>‘Trump and Elon wanted all you guys fired.’"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Doge</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>DOGE Is Not Here to Help With Your Taxes</p><p>The financial <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> of millions of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> is at risk as <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> and his "team" bring their unlawful breaches of privacy to the IRS<br><a href="https://contrarian.substack.com/p/doge-is-not-here-to-help-with-your" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">contrarian.substack.com/p/doge</span><span class="invisible">-is-not-here-to-help-with-your</span></a></p><p>"the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> Act and the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> tax privacy laws were enacted in the 1970s...</p><p>If a private sector <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/accounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accounting</span></a> or <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> preparation firm behaved this way, they would (rightly) get dragged into <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>court</span></a> by their customers."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Doge</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Inside The ‘Bizarre’ Meeting Where DOGE Requested ‘Extensive System Access’ At IRS<br><a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/doge-irs-extensive-system-access" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dog</span><span class="invisible">e-irs-extensive-system-access</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> staffer <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GavinKliger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GavinKliger</span></a></p><p>"Their interest... included the operation of enforcements, it included <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/taxpayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayer</span></a> service in terms of function &amp; the personnel footprint, &amp; they wanted extensive system access...</p><p>Levels of data protection at <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> are higher than other agencies. … Not only is improper disclosure <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a>, but improper inspection of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> internally is illegal"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Some Bits: Nelson's Linkblog<p>990 backlog cleared: IRS was years late to publish data about non-profits, now fixed<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/nonprofit-explorer-adds-a-million-new-form-990s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/nonprof</span><span class="invisible">it-explorer-adds-a-million-new-form-990s</span></a><br> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/nonprofits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofits</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/propublica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propublica</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/501c3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>501c3</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/irs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>irs</span></a> #990 #+</p>