The IRS, which has come under special attention from a senior Senate Republican to improve its record on hiring veterans, has reported that to date this year, 10 percent of its new hires are veterans, up from 7 percent in 2008.
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, the ranking member of the Finance Committee which has oversight of the agency, said the IRS “deserves credit for recognizing the value of military veterans. By seeking out these men and women, the agency is getting capable employees to serve the taxpayers and the country in a new capacity from their military service.”
Grassley pushed for the commitment in 2008 at hearings including a confirmation hearing, on grounds that the IRS and its parent Treasury Department lagged behind other federal agencies in hiring newly returned veterans, even though the department had significant numbers of vacancies. Of veterans hired over 2008-2010, about a third are disabled.
