IRS names new watchdog office director
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The Internal Revenue Service on Friday named a new whistleblower chief to oversee a program where individuals can reap substantial rewards by exposing tax cheats.
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The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Julie L. Myers as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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The Internal Revenue Service has ordered a prominent liberal church to turn over documents and e-mails it produced during the 2004 election year that contain references to political candidates.
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A watchdog group asked the Justice Department on Thursday to investigate whether a congressman broke the law by not paying taxes and using his office's resources for campaign activities.
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The American Film Institute, a  leading group for film and television preservation and  education, on Tuesday named television producer and film  historian Bob Gazzale as its incoming chief executive officer.
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The U.S. General Services Administration has a new CIO: Casey Coleman, who had been serving in the post in an acting capacity and replaces Mike Carleton. He took a similar job at the Department of Health and Human Services.
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The Internal Revenue Service is taking another look at its pay system for managers after complaints by managers and a critical inspector general's report.
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New York's attorney general on Thursday named a legislative leader for a nonpartisan public-interest group to create an Internet database to track links between elected officials and lobbyists and campaign donors.
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Accounting giant KPMG LLP said Wednesday it would hire U.S. District Judge Sven Erik Holmes to oversee its legal affairs, as the firm and the entire audit industry undergo unparalleled scrutiny from securities regulators and plaintiff lawyers.
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The government named Reserve Bank of India deputy governor Rakesh Mohan as the country's new finance secretary, an official statement said on Tuesday.
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President Bush nominated telecommunications executive Paul Crotty on Tuesday to be a U.S. district judge in the Southern District of New York. If confirmed by the Senate, Crotty would replace Harold Baer Jr., who is retiring.
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BINGHAMTON, NY An upstate New York congressman says the new Central Intelligence Agency director is doing what needs to be done. Sherwood Boehlert -- a Utica-area Republican -- is a member of the House intelligence committee.
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The new chief of the U.S. General Services Administration is trying to limit the ability of the agency's inspector general to audit contracts for fraud or waste and has said oversight efforts are intimidating the workforce, according to government documents and interviews.
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Lawyers, accountants and other professionals who offer tax advice must meet stricter ethical standards under guidelines issued by the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service on Friday.
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Bernard Kerik, the no-nonsense former New York police commissioner, was named by President George Bush yesterday to take over at the Department of Homeland Security, charged with keeping America safe from terrorism.
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New SEC regulations are putting more scrutiny on corporate compensation committees and the consultants they use.
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Washington, Dec 14 (PTI) US President George W Bush has nominated Micheal Leavitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, to be the new Secretary of Health and Human Services.