From Politico:
… The unusual nature of [Bisignano’s] role [as “CEO” of the IRS] — one that doesn’t exist in federal law — is raising questions about who’s really in charge of the agency as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent holds the title of acting IRS commissioner. Fueling the scrutiny is the fact that Bisignano also serves as commissioner of the Social Security Administration. …
The unusual nature of Bisignano’s position is at the heart of concerns voiced by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle as well as agency staff over whether he can be a change agent for an agency that’s struggled to improve customer service after dramatic swings in leadership and operations since President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025. The questions are set to be aired publicly when he appears for the first time before the Senate Finance Committee on April 15, just as the first tax filing season of Trump’s second term comes to a close. …
Six people at the IRS, who were granted anonymity to avoid retribution, described a leader who has claimed credit for others’ work, sown discord and acted as Trump’s lieutenant. …
One IRS official called Bisignano “a fake” and said the only notable recent update to the refund tool was making the service accessible through “individual online accounts,” which happened before he came to the agency. The official said Bisignano’s order for the IRS to review and justify contracts made him a “single person chokepoint for procurement” who impaired the agency’s ability to move forward on efforts like using artificial intelligence to aid with tax collection. …
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Andrew Jackson’s spoils system was the practice of replacing federal officeholders with his own political supporters and campaign workers, often regardless of qualification, following his 1828 victory. Jackson believed this "rotation in office" made government more democratic and reduced corruption, though critics deemed it cronyism that lowered competence and fostered corruption.
I would hesitate before buying a used car from Bisignano. Seems like a jackleg. How did he ever get any money??
This part is my favorite:
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That's so on-brand for Frank... "Agency fire human. Agency do good without human. Me CEO private. Me CEO public. Me good at all CEO. Unga bunga."
How did he get his money? His skin color and sex. White skin and a penis is pretty much all it took for someone with a finance degree to get rich back when he entered the workforce. Still makes it relatively easy today, too.
Trump identifies with Jackson on many levels. As a man and a leader, he likes the brash, confrontational, hypermasculine, lionlike attitude that characterized the seventh president. Jackson pushed executive power to the limits, just like Trump tries to do.
And there is a commonality of philosophical and political visions. The two tap into the same definition of freedom. They both believe the president has freedom from all restraint and from every form of legislative or judicial control.
Charles is right, Mr. Bisignano has been highly controversial. Building a cheaper, leaner IRS that has saved taxpayers $2B will do that. As will the 4 million children who signed up for Trump accounts, getting a head start in life with a $1,000 to their name And with a laser-focus on creating a Digital IRS, what will people do with all the time Frank has saved them? So yes, a very controversial tenure.
Frankie couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat.
The Social Security Administration is delaying its rollout of new systems to centralize claims processing and appointment scheduling and pivoting to a pilot approach, according to internal emails obtained by Nextgov/FCW.
SSA had intended to debut these new systems early this month. They were expected to be a major shift in how the agency operates, moving from processing claims locally to a national system.
The optics of such a change factored into SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano’s decision to delay the rollout of the new systems — “particularly where customers may expect access to their local office,” read an internal email sent Monday.
Frank's steady hand leads the way,
CEO of IRS and the Commissioner of SSA.
Frank does em both, and he does em great,
Leading both agencies to a better fate.
Charles and the haters grumble, green with spite,
But Frank keeps the future shining bright.
Call us anything, even a paid shill,
But doing a great job we know Frank will!
This is solid work. But there aren't enough typos, and it's missing the indiscriminate use of all-caps. Do better.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Uninformed paid shill. 🤡
Frank is a psychopath who has no real accomplishments besides a resume built on lies and embellishment. Frank Bisignano drove fiserv into the ground. I wouldn’t trust this guy to walk my dog.
So I thought Charles was kidding when he said there were paid shills. Never knew it was to THIS DEGREE! So glad he is posting all comments for us to see the crap that comes through the filter. WOW.
The bigger question is if Frank could be elected for dogcatcher. 🐕
Oooh! Ask Grok to write a poem about how far up Frank’s ass your nose is next!
Saved $2B? What's your source on that one? DOGE? Never mind that laying off all the auditors means the corrupt billionaires will pay even less in taxes.
So far he’s just addressed superficial things and in a half baked way. He has poorly trained people answering phones making more work for FOs, not less. This leads to slow FO response times to DDS requests which leads to increased time to get a disability decision. He also “flattened” the management structure. Jargon that means he renamed people and shuffled them around then added political appointees for new mystery jobs. The result is that no one knows who does what anymore. We don’t have any sort of organizational chart or explanation of what these new “offices” handle. In short, SSA is a mess. Whether that is by design or incompetence, only time will tell.
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