data scientist

staff assistant

field administrator

program analyst

information technology specialist

US Department of the Treasury

• Apply principles and guidelines to interpret technical data, policies and regulations.
• Assist Contract Specialist in conducting contract and purchase order close outs in accordance with procurement policies and guidelines.
• Assist Contract Specialist with a $62 million dollar fixed price IDIQ contract with time and material task orders which included gathering subcontracting plans, researching, and preparing for the solicitation process.
• Effectively conducts cost/price analysis with best value to procure the services needed for the destruction of contracts and purchase orders designated and authorized for disposition.
• Provide support in negotiating cost with vendors to provide destruction services associated with requirements as stated on Statements of Work (SOW).
• Assist Contract Specialist with an A-76 contract in the amount of $200,000 issuing and assembling documents during the solicitation process which was terminated for convenience.
• Provide market research in request for proposals (RFP) to award a fixed firmed IT contract.
• Update and develop procurement Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) on Personal Identification Verification (PIV) and close out issues regarding retention time for purchase orders.
• Incorporate official records into the appropriate files according to Mint Directives and in compliance to the office file plans.
• Research status of contracts and purchase orders utilizing PRISM database system.
• Participate and assist auditors in preparing financial statements to ensure a clean audit.
• Process all outstanding contractual issues to ensure that all obligations are paid and closed prior to closeout.
• Process and develop automated system and spreadsheets to control PIV and COTR clearances and recruitments.
• Participate in monthly staff meetings with supervisor to review, evaluate, and establish work priorities and follow up to ensure timely completion.
• Proactively participate and interact in Vendor Outreach Session (VOS) program and off-site activities with Small Business Administrator and external customers.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The benefits, getting paid holidays off, and my co-workers on my team

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It is my personal opinion, that the IRS has a lot of internal issues stemming from the COVID19 pandemic which is about the time I started working there.  The training is insufficient, there is a lack of accountability, and you're constantly apologizing to taxpayers for their (IRS) mistake, insufficient workforce to get them back to where they were before the pandemic, and managers who have nothing better to do than target you for failure of your annual performance review because you filed a complaint with the union. Let's just say I wouldn't even refer my dead grandmother to work for these people. Being ostracized when you know you're a good worker (because the majority of your taxpayers tell you so on the numerous calls you take daily), is like a punch in the stomach.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Again, this is just my opinion; the work environment in my particular department of the IRS is toxic, non-communicative and biased, based on my own personal experience. And they pretty much don't care or want your opinion even when they send out surveys. You're just a number, there to take their calls.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Currently, for me it is very stressful, busy and long when you've been working a shift for the past 3 years that is from 12:00 -8:30 PM and not given the opportunity to bid for a better shift.

I enjoyed going to work everyday, because I worked for a great department. My supervisor took pride in ensuring that her team learned all that it could to ensure that we did our jobs correctly.   A typical day for me was,  I left my home at 4:30 am to be in the office by 7 am. My commute took 2.5 hours by car.  Once I arrived at the office, I had cases waiting for me that could be as simple as coding a return for processing to reviewing a taxpayer's complex financial statements to determine whether he or she can pay or not. I also determined how much the taxpayer could pay per month based on their current financial condition .   I worked cases for small business owners, small corporations, and international taxpayers. The thing that I enjoy the most was helping my co-worker and the taxpayers that called my direct-line. I managed a program that dealt with manual refunds.  I ensured that the refund request were processed timely,and if there was a problem, the problem was resolved, I personally handled the inquires that came in from the field.  When a request for a refund failed to be processed, and it was the fault of the requester, I enjoyed taking the time to correct the issue, provide quick training.  My job was very exciting, and I learned something new everyday.

Allowed to access all government systems to accomodate administrative assistance to Fedeal employees. Major responsiibility - assistant to the Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response. Initiated travel docuements; submited travel vouchers in a timely manner for reimbursements; had staff trained on how to record their time in time keeping program; trainied staff on how to initiate travel and submit travel vouchers - this was a web based system where the staff was encouraged to make their own travel arrangements; drafted and reviewed correspondence for the Assistant Secretary and Secretary of Treasury signature; organized monthy Emergency Management for Departmental points of contact; monitored as Information Management Specialist until a federal employee was hired; troubleshoot personnel issues regarding federal empolyees; responsible for ordering supplies using web based program and gained some knowledge about how governements work. 
Hightly regarded in my field of expertise - sought after by junior federal administrative assistants for expert advise.

Organize my work station area before I get started performing my daily job duties for the day. Make sure I greet everyone in the morning such as a good morning.  I learned to operate successfully in a team oriented environment where I utilized my knowledge, skills and abilities in the areas of customer service and workplace involvement assisting other co-workers with assistance if needed.  I enjoy working along side my fellow co-workers.  I take being a professional employee and co-worker involvement very seriously whereas with everyone on the same page as well as the same team not only do we impress the CEO of the company, make each one of our managers look good professionally but with added team player ethics we all make the company look good against other competitors. The hardest part of the job, well I never been put in that position yet so I cannot relate to that question.   The most enjoyable part of the job is everyone striving for the ultimate goal of making the company that each one of us are employed by always keeping that image of total professionalism.  With those qualities its makes our company look very professional.

Only after constant review can you feel close to confident you have given the taxpayer or their representative, (CPA, attorney, bookkeeper etc.) a workable answer.  The massive changes in tax law and procedures just in the past 5 years make accuracy doubly hard to achieve.  Taxpayers complain about the time it takes to get a response and resolution.  For a decade or more funding for the service was cut, employee numbers cut and stress increased.   At the same time delays and security issues caused by identity theft and fraud have diverted resources and staff hours.  The backlog was tremendous before Covid.  It can take 5 years to really learn the job of telephone rep.  The most knowledgeable employees are in constant demand as a sounding board or resource for complex tax (yes there are easy ones) issues.  Many of the best are promoted/moved or retire.  

Typical day at work is make manage multiple projects and case work. You are constantly pulled between making phone calls, doing third party contacts, managing taxpayer's and their representatives, researching tax law, writing reports, analyzing business ratios and checking for compliance between both tax reporting and financial accounting of records. 

Learned that the position is more people management than tax or accounting. 

Very difficult to get into management, as bonuses/promotions and lateral transfers (into specialty groups) is based on Dept. of Treasury fiscal budget. 

Co-workers are great, you actually work with some of the brightest professional in accounting/tax organization. 

Hardest part of the job is getting information when you need and the disconnect between multiple internal departments. 

Most enjoyable part of the job, is that is it the only "W2" job where you are secured for employment but also manage your case load as if you are self-employed. Very flexible work schedule

The work environment is a pretty good one. Day to day, an IT Customer Support Tech is required to respond to, resolve, and document various technical issues that the internal customer may face. I have learned how to work with the Active Directory, Printer Maintenance and repair, Installing software and Imaging computers. One of the greatest thing about the management staff that was extremely amazing, is their level of flexibility. They were able to work around the personal obligations that I had and was very understanding about it. During my time at the agency, I was able to establish a pretty good working relationship with other coworkers. However, the environment was very time-conscious and expect a fast resolution for whatever issue they are facing, The hardest part of the job was trying to meet the schedule requirements of each individual. Additionally, trying to set aside the time for additional training proved to be challenging as well.  Although, I must say that I enjoyed the level of trust and confidence that was afforded to me by my coworkers and the other internal customers.

I found a typical day to be extremely stressful.  It is your responsibiity to provide the client with the correct plan. The technical portion of this plan dictates that it be written up in an explicit manner with no error.  I learned how people deliberately try to avoid paying their taxes.  However, their is a record of every penney earned and it is unavoidable.  The Supervisors could have been more accessible to new hires.  At times questions had to be answered by co-workers. This is a cause for stress because you have a client on the line who is very upset and anxious.  The hardest part of this job was being treated in an unfair manner by my first Supervisor.  I was so eager to learn and do a good job.  However, I was resented for my educational status and my personal status.  I was very hurt by my treatment. I do not wish this to happen to any other person.The most enjoyable part of my job  was providing responses to taxpayers inquiries by telephone, correspondence, performing administrative duties such as typing, filing,printing and record keeping.

From the standpoint of learning a lot and was the 'Vice President of the National Treasury Employees union and later became a Labor Relations Specialist, things were good. Management as a whole was not bad but there were some who just did not care about the advancement of their employees. Therefore, the culture was not good. Non- hiring of people to replace retirees because of so-called 'budget retraints' resulting in a Massive exodus of colleagues whose work load increased two- fold. People became burnt out and left. However, it was an honor working for the Government.

I would work there again under the right circumstances but having come from the Corporate world, I was missing it and now will prefer going coming back to the Corporate world. It is nice to be well rounded by working for both the Government and the Corporate world.

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