From what I read today this includes the IRS's project to let Americans file their taxes for free. I forget the most recent status of it except I think it was already in effect as a pilot project available in certain states and was planned for national accessibility. And obviously there's been big money pressure to kill that effort.
We are in the middle of tax season. Cutting it now would be worse optics than waiting a couple months and gutting it because “no one used it so it was wasteful.”
You're interfacing with a web portal right this very second... It's how you consume information when connected to the internet... They're immensely important.
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Rooskie91@discuss.online · 38 pts · 1y
Lemme guess, Elon is gonna pick up the contract for the private, for profit version of those? How transparent can you be?
Emotional@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 1y
Shit, I remember looking at 18F when trying to learn more about accessibility and I recall they had good info, it's a shame...
AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml · -23 pts · 1y
No, not web portals!
silence7@slrpnk.net · 14 pts · 1y
They're how you interact with a lot of services, find a local offices, etc
quicklime@lemm.ee · 21 pts · 1y
From what I read today this includes the IRS's project to let Americans file their taxes for free. I forget the most recent status of it except I think it was already in effect as a pilot project available in certain states and was planned for national accessibility. And obviously there's been big money pressure to kill that effort.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
For now*
We are in the middle of tax season. Cutting it now would be worse optics than waiting a couple months and gutting it because “no one used it so it was wasteful.”
AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
Ah! Thanks!
TIL
Xanza@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 1y
You're interfacing with a web portal right this very second... It's how you consume information when connected to the internet... They're immensely important.
AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml · -2 pts · 1y
I was kinda being sarcastic! But I do appreciate the explanation of their importance