{"id":25049,"date":"2022-11-10T20:19:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T20:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/11\/10\/biden-to-nominate-werfel-to-lead-irs-post-reports\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:59:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:59:30","slug":"biden-to-nominate-werfel-to-lead-irs-post-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/federal-oversight\/2022\/11\/10\/biden-to-nominate-werfel-to-lead-irs-post-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden to nominate Werfel to lead IRS, Post reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Washington \u2014 President Joe Biden<b> <\/b>will nominate Daniel Werfel to lead the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/federal-oversight\/doj-fbi\/2022\/10\/05\/irs-employees-charged-with-covid-19-relief-fund-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\">Internal Revenue Service<\/a>, the Washington Post reported, citing a senior administration official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Werfel worked at the White House Office of Management and Budget and at the IRS during the George W. 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He was acting IRS commissioner in 2013, taking over after senior agency officials resigned over a controversy involving scrutiny of conservative groups, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He now works at the Boston Consulting in the firm\u2019s public sector practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/opinions\/2015\/10\/09\/bring-objectivity-to-public-policy-coverage\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/danny-werfel.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Bring objectivity to public policy coverage<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">We are used to having objective insights in coverage of science, but not always in our national dialogue on public policy.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nomination comes at a critical moment for the embattled revenue agency. 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