82 FR 13925 - Recruitment Notice for the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 49 (March 15, 2017)

Page Range		13925-13926
FR Document		2017-05067

Notice of Open Season for Recruitment of IRS Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) Members

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 49 (Wednesday, March 15, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13925-13926]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05067]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service


Recruitment Notice for the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice of Open Season for Recruitment of IRS Taxpayer Advocacy 
Panel (TAP) Members

DATES: March 8, 2017 through April 24, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred N. Smith, Jr. 202-317-3087 (not a 
toll-free call).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the Department 
of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are inviting 
individuals to help improve the nation's tax agency by applying to be 
members of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP). The mission of the TAP is 
to listen to taxpayers, identify issues that affect taxpayers, and make 
suggestions for improving IRS service and customer satisfaction. The 
TAP serves as an advisory body to the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and the National Taxpayer Advocate. 
TAP members will participate in subcommittees that channel their 
feedback to the IRS through the Panel's parent committee.
    The IRS is seeking applicants who have an interest in good 
government, a personal commitment to volunteer approximately 200 to 300 
hours a year, and a desire to help improve IRS customer service. As a 
federal advisory committee, TAP is required to have membership be 
fairly balanced in terms of the points of view represented. Thus, TAP 
membership represents a cross-section of the taxpaying public with at 
least one member from each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto 
Rico, in addition to one member representing international taxpayers. 
For application purposes, ``international taxpayers'' are defined 
broadly to include U.S. citizens working, living, or doing business 
abroad or in a U.S. territory. Potential candidates must be U.S. 
citizens and must pass a federal tax compliance check and a Federal 
Bureau of Investigation criminal background investigation. Applicants 
who practice before the IRS must be in good standing with the IRS. 
Federally-registered lobbyists cannot be members of the TAP. Current 
employees of any Bureau of the Treasury Department or have worked for 
any Bureau of the Treasury Department within three years of

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December 1 of the current year are not eligible. The IRS is seeking 
members or alternates in the following locations:
    Locations that need Members:
    Alaska, Arizona, California, Delaware, District of Columbia, 
Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, 
New Jersey, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, 
Virginia, Vermont, and Washington. The TAP is also seeking to include 
at least one (1) additional member to represent international 
taxpayers. For these purposes, ``international taxpayers'' are broadly 
defined to include U.S. citizens working, living, or doing business 
abroad or in a U.S. territory.
    Locations that need Alternates:
    All 50 states, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, but 
specifically Colorado, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi 
and Nebraska.
    TAP members are a diverse group of citizens who represent the 
interests of taxpayers from their respective geographic locations by 
providing feedback from a taxpayer's perspective on ways to improve IRS 
customer service and administration of the federal tax system, and by 
identifying grassroots taxpayer issues. Members should have good 
communication skills and be able to speak to taxpayers about TAP and 
its activities, while clearly distinguishing between TAP positions and 
their personal viewpoints.
    Interested applicants should visit the TAP Web site at 
www.improveirs.org for more information about TAP. Applications must be 
submitted electronically at www.usajobs.gov. For questions about TAP 
membership, call the TAP toll-free number, 1-888-912-1227. Callers who 
are outside of the U.S. and U.S. territories should call 202-317-3087 
(not a toll-free call).
    The opening date for submitting applications is March 8, 2017, and 
the deadline for submitting applications is April 24, 2017. Interviews 
may be held. The Department of the Treasury will review the recommended 
candidates and make final selections. New TAP members will serve a 
three-year term starting in December 2017. (Note: highly-ranked 
applicants not selected as members may be placed on a roster of 
alternates who will be eligible to fill future vacancies that may occur 
on the Panel.)
    Questions regarding the selection of TAP members may be directed to 
Fred N. Smith, Jr., Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, Internal Revenue Service, 
1111 Constitution Avenue NW., TA:TAP Room 1509, Washington, DC 20224, 
or 202-317-3087 (not a toll-free call).

    Dated: March 8, 2017.
Antoinette Ross,
Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
[FR Doc. 2017-05067 Filed 3-14-17; 8:45 am]
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agency name and docket number [DOT– Advocacy Panel
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without change to http:// negative, positive, and refusal tests. No
www.regulations.gov including any SUMMARY: Notice of Open Season for
employee specific data is collected. The
personal information provided. Please Recruitment of IRS Taxpayer Advocacy
MIS data is used by each of the affected
see the Privacy Act section of this Panel (TAP) Members
DOT Agencies (i.e., Federal Aviation
document. DATES: March 8, 2017 through April 24,
Docket: You may view the public Administration, Federal Transit
2017.
docket through the Internet at http:// Administration, Federal Railroad
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred
www.regulations.gov or in person at the Administration, Federal Motor Carrier
N. Smith, Jr. 202–317–3087 (not a toll-
Docket Management System office at the Safety Administration, and the Pipeline
free call).
above address. and Hazardous Materials Safety
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 Administration) and the United States
hereby given that the Department of the
U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments Coast Guard when calculating their
Treasury and the Internal Revenue
from the public to better inform its industry’s annual random drug and/or
Service (IRS) are inviting individuals to
rulemaking process. DOT posts these alcohol testing rate. help improve the nation’s tax agency by
comments, without edit, including any Respondents: The information will be applying to be members of the Taxpayer
personal information the commenter used by transportation employers, Advocacy Panel (TAP). The mission of
provides, to www.regulations.gov, as Department representatives, and a the TAP is to listen to taxpayers,
described in the system of records variety of service agents. Estimated total identify issues that affect taxpayers, and
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can number of respondents is 3,034,690. make suggestions for improving IRS
be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy. service and customer satisfaction. The
Frequency: The information will be
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: TAP serves as an advisory body to the
Bohdan Baczara, Office of Drug and collected annually.
Secretary of the Treasury, the
Alcohol Policy and Compliance, Office Estimated Total Number Burden Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and
of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Hours: 748,196. the National Taxpayer Advocate. TAP
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Public Comments Invited: You are members will participate in
Avenue SE., Room W62–317, asked to comment on any aspect of this subcommittees that channel their
Washington, DC 20590; 202–366–3784 information collection, including (a) feedback to the IRS through the Panel’s
(voice), 202–366–3897 (fax), or Whether the proposed collection of parent committee.
bohdan.baczara@dot.gov (email). information is necessary for DOT’s The IRS is seeking applicants who
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: performance; (b) The accuracy of the have an interest in good government, a
OMB Control Number: 2105–0529. estimated burden; (c) Ways for the DOT personal commitment to volunteer
Title: Procedures for Transportation approximately 200 to 300 hours a year,
to enhance the quality, utility and
Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing and a desire to help improve IRS
clarity of the information collection; and
Programs. customer service. As a federal advisory
(d) Ways that the burden could be
Form Numbers: DOT F 1385; DOT F committee, TAP is required to have
minimized without reducing the quality membership be fairly balanced in terms
1380.
Type of Review: Clearance of a of the collected information. The agency of the points of view represented. Thus,
renewal of an information collection. will summarize and/or include your TAP membership represents a cross-
Background: Under the Omnibus comments in the request for OMB’s section of the taxpaying public with at
Transportation Employee Testing Act of clearance of this information collection. least one member from each state, the
1991, DOT is required to implement a Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, in
drug and alcohol testing program in of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; addition to one member representing
various transportation-related and 49 CFR 1:48. international taxpayers. For application
industries. This specific requirement is Issued in Washington, DC, on February 24,
purposes, ‘‘international taxpayers’’ are
elaborated in 49 CFR part 40, 2017.
defined broadly to include U.S. citizens
Procedures for Transportation working, living, or doing business
Authority and Issuance abroad or in a U.S. territory. Potential
Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing
Programs. This request for a renewal of Dated: February 24, 2017. candidates must be U.S. citizens and
the information collection for the Patrice M. Kelly, must pass a federal tax compliance
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Transportation Alcohol Testing Form Director. investigation. Applicants who practice
(ATF) [DOT F 1380] and the DOT Drug [FR Doc. 2017–05114 Filed 3–14–17; 8:45 am] before the IRS must be in good standing
and Alcohol Testing Management BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P
with the IRS. Federally-registered
Information System (MIS) Data lobbyists cannot be members of the
Collection Form [DOT F 1385]. TAP. Current employees of any Bureau
The ATF includes the employee’s of the Treasury Department or have
name, the type of test taken, the date of worked for any Bureau of the Treasury
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Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		March 8, 2017 through April 24, 2017.
Contact		Fred N. Smith, Jr. 202-317-3087 (not a toll-free call).
FR Citation		82 FR 13925

82 FR 13925 - Recruitment Notice for the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURYInternal Revenue Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 49 (March 15, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service