WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (TNSrep) -- The Government Accountability Office issued the following report: * * * 2024 Tax Filing: IRS Improved Live Service and Began to Modernize Some Operations, but Timeliness Issues Persist Fast Facts While the IRS has made improvements to its customer service and systems, it continues to face challenges processing tax returns on time. The agency set a 13-day processing goal for individual paper returns but instead averaged 20. In addition, IRS responses to taxpay  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 30, 2025 AIR FORCE BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Rockville, Maryland, has been awarded an increased ceiling modification (P00790) of $1,192,897,112 to a previously awarded contract (FA8214-13-C-0001) for sustaining engineering services. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $3,134,640,338 from $1,941,743,226. Work will be performed at   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 31 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2025: Attorney General Chris Carr has filed a brief opposing taxpayer-funded sex change operations for state prisoners. Overall, Carr has taken roughly 50 legal actions to prevent taxpayer-funded gender reassignment surgeries and the chemical and surgical mutilation of Georgia's children. "Taxpayers shouldn't foot the bill for sex changes," said Carr. "We're proud to stand with our fe  more

PETERSON AFB, Colorado, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's U.S. Space Command issued the following news: Over the past two years, the U.S. Space Command Logistics and Engineering (J4) Operations Branch has supported several critical movements that have enhanced space operations abroad. In Sept. of 2023, the Space Deployment & Distribution Operation Center (SDDOC) directly supported the first-ever asteroid sample mission, coordinating a Special Airlift Assignment Mission with U.S. Tran  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 30 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Jan. 29, 2025: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a coalition of 23 other states in filing a brief arguing that taxpayers should not have to pay for sex change operations for prison inmates. The brief was filed Tuesday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in a case from Indiana. "The fact that a prison inmate thinks a sex change should be paid f  more

DENVER, Colorado, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Score! Colorado Becomes Home to the Newest National Women's Soccer League Team DENVER - Today Governor Polis, the National Women's Soccer League, Mayor Johnston, and team representatives formally celebrated Colorado securing the bid to be the home to the newest National Women's Soccer League Team. "We are thrilled to welcome a new professional women's soccer team to Colorado. Colorado is alre  more