Judge May Tell IRS to Open Collection Bids

Judge Robert H. Hodges Jr. of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims told the Internal Revenue Service that he intends to rule that tax collectors were too restrictive while looking for companies to run the first phase of the agency's new debt collection program. Hodges wrote in the order that the IRS could best meet its goal for a successful project "by opening the list of potential bidders to everyone" qualified to receive government contracts.