The 2026 tax filing season is upon us. Is the IRS prepared?

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Many Americans by now have received their W-2s or other important tax documents, which can only mean one thing: it’s officially tax filing season. You might be ready to submit your documents, but is the IRS itself ready? That’s a big question mark looming over the 2026 filing season after the tax agency unleashed seismic cuts to its workforce last year and has pumped the breaks on many of its efforts to modernize. Matt Bracken, editor in chief of FedScoop, has kept close watch of the IRS under the second Trump administration, chronicling the cuts made in 2025 and measuring the possible impact that could have on processing times and backlogs during this filing season. Matt joins the podcast to discuss the outlook for 2026 tax filing, how AI comes into play and much more about the tax agency’s ongoing efforts to modernize. The Defense Department announced Monday that it will incorporate OpenAI’s ChatGPT into the military’s generative AI platform that’s already being used by more than a million personnel. ChatGPT has been wildly popular in the commercial sector since it was widely released in 2022. Now the Pentagon plans to add the tech to its GenAI.mil system, which DOD leadership — including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — have been pushing hard for the department’s employees to use since it was launched in December. The Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force and Marine Corps have already adopted the system as their preferred generative AI platform. The Department of Energy is launching a Genesis Mission Consortium as its latest move to deepen the public-private partnerships fueling the AI platform. The initiative, announced Monday, will facilitate structured partnerships as well as working groups, which will focus on ensuring model validation and reliability, addressing data governance and compliance standards, enabling federated data sharing and accelerating research throughput via reduced operational bottlenecks. The consortium will act as a “collaborative hub” and a “single, coordinated access point” for members and resources, according to the agency. #irs #treasury #usgovernment #scottbessent #ice #datasharing #dataprivacy #taxfiling2025 #taxfiling #internalrevenueservice #government #federal #federalgovernment #governmentnews #technology #news #technews #dod #departmentofdefense #openai #chatgpt #militarytechnology #militarynews #defensenews #defensetechnology #genaimil #ainews #aitechnology #artificialintelligence #ai #pentagon #energydepartment #energy #genesismission #publicprivatepartnerships #trumpadministration Articles Mentioned • Pentagon adding ChatGPT to its enterprise generative AI platform via DefenseScoop: https://defensescoop.com/2026/02/09/pentagon-adding-chatgpt-to-enterprise-generative-ai-platform/ • Energy Department unveils Genesis Mission Consortium to spur partnerships via FedScoop: https://fedscoop.com/energy-department-genesis-mission-consortium-private-sector-partners/ Follow The Daily Scoop Podcast on Social Media • https://www.twitter.com/DailyScoopPod • https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-daily-scoop-podcast/ • https://www.facebook.com/thedailyscooppodcast About The Daily Scoop Podcast We discuss the latest news and trends facing government leaders on such topics as technology, management and workforce. The program will explore headlines of the day as well as in depth discussions with top executives in both government and industry. The Daily Scoop Podcast is released every weekday afternoon. For the latest insights from Washington, you can subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, and Spotify. https://fedscoop.com/show/the-daily-scoop-podcast/