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Pandemic pushed Treasury Department to faster IT modernization

Published: July 31, 2020, 10:29 a.m.

b'Two years after setting goals to modernize the federal financial system, the Treasury Department\\u2019s Bureau of the Fiscal Service says it sees the strategy pay off. The bureau worked alongside the IRS to get more than 160 million coronavirus relief payments to taxpayers, all with most of its workforce teleworking. For more on how the pandemic accelerated its IT modernization efforts, Federal News Network\\u2019s Jory Heckman spoke with the bureau\\u2019s Chief Technology Officer, Joseph Gioeli.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'