"The IRS shed about 40% of its IT staff and lost about 80% of its executives last year, potentially complicating its modernization goals."
"After ousting dozens of staff charged with designing, implementing and overseeing AI, the tax agency has gaps in necessary AI skills that officials say could be hard to close."
"Three-quarters of the staff on the AI governance team at the IRS have also left. The agency's AI team, overseen by the chief technology officer, had lost half of its staff."
The IRS has experienced substantial workforce reductions, losing nearly 20,000 technology employees, including 40% of its IT staff and 80% of its executives. This has created capacity gaps that hinder the agency's ability to deploy artificial intelligence effectively. The IRS lacks a plan to address these gaps, with significant losses in its AI research unit and governance team. Many AI experts were let go or reassigned, complicating the agency's modernization goals and efforts to fill critical expertise roles.
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