IRS Outlines $2.8B in IT Modernization Contracts Post-Stimulus

Officials at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wasted no time laying out an ambitious digital agenda in the week since Congress appropriated the agency $1.5 billion in technology modernization funding as part of the $1.9 trillion stimulus package.

In the week since the American Rescue Plan Act (PL 117-2) became law March 11, IRS officials have announced a slate of new IT acquisition programs that could generate $2.8 billion or more over the next five to seven years. Meanwhile, the agency is preparing to release several requests for proposal (RFP) for procurements that kicked off in fiscal 2020 ...