We're so thankful to the Internal Revenue Service for hosting us for the second year in a row while we were in D.C. for our Civic Innovation Academy! Can't wait to continue working to make Direct File a great success!
Last month I pulled a hat-trick and convinced three Internal Revenue Service leaders take a moment out of their busy schedules to speak to room of highly engaged high school students (future federal leaders) about how cool (yes, I said "cool") the IRS Direct File Program is. Direct File which successfully completed a pilot in 12 states this past tax season, resulted in more than 140k tax returns filed for free! Students from Civics Unplugged heard insights from IRS executives Bridget Roberts, Jim Keith and Product Manager Chris Givens to develop a Direct File strategic outreach campaign for their capstone project at Georgetown University. These students dubbed "Civic Innovators" by Civics Unplugged co-founders Nick Delis and Josh Thompson are passionate about solving community issues and want to channel their passion into innovative action. They selected IRS Direct file Program as their capstone because of its streamlined, user-centric and effortless approach for taxpayers to file their taxes and they wanted to GET THE WORD OUT! I was delighted to participate and plug the #IRS as a great place to start your career in Federal service as we continue to "Build Pipelines of Talent," as part of #InflationReductionAct initiative 5.2.3 #HumanCapital #Recruitment #IRS #DirectFile #Taxes #Innovation #NowHiring #CivicsUnplugged