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| MSB Earns ARM Contract Wins in Texas and New Mexico |
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| Austin, Texas-based Gila Corp., through its business unit Municipal Services Bureau (MSB) has been chosen by the State of New Mexico to provide outsourced collection services. “We expect that MSB will help us find solutions to improve recovery rates and reduce delinquencies rates as they do for all their clients,” said Cynthia Pacheco, Director of the Magistrate Warrant Enforcemen |
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| PR - ICR Awarded GSA Certification, Names Yanes President |
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| In a move to further expand and improve its already wide range of professional collection services, Immediate Credit Recovery (ICR) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a GSA Schedule 520-4. This approval allows a private collection agency (PCA) to provide services to government agencies that use the 520-4 schedule as a procurement vehicle to solicit PCA’s for recovery work. This |
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| Intrum Justitia Wins UK Government Contract, and Promise of More |
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| European accounts receivable management giant Intrum Justitia announced late last week that it had won a contract to collect for an agency in the government of the United Kingdom, a first for the ARM company. Stockholm, Sweden-based Intrum said that it will be collecting on behalf of the UK’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) focusing on outstanding Social Security payments and corp |
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| IRS Renews Collection Contracts with Two Agencies |
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| The Internal Revenue Service reported today that it has awarded contracts to two collection firms that are currently working on the tax agency’s private debt collection initiative, according to an IRS statement to insideARM. CBE Group, based in Waterloo, Iowa, and Pioneer Credit Recovery, of Arcade, N.Y., were awarded new contracts to collect delinquent taxes on behalf of the IRS. Th |
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| A Huge Collection Contract Behind a Huge Wall of Secrecy |
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| "Seal up your lips and give no words but mum." – John Hume in Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part 2 Those associated with the Internal Revenue Service’s initiative to outsource some debt collection to private agencies have read their Shakespeare. Although the IRS confirmed to insideARM yesterday the extension of the collection contracts with their two vendors, CBE Group and |
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| Senate Finance Approves Shulman as IRS Chief |
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| The Senate Finance Committee last week unanimously approved the nomination of Douglas H. Shulman to be the next Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. The nomination moves to the full Senate for approval. During testimony to the committee in January Shulman appeared to have a positive approach to the IRS collection privatization program, saying it was working well and that taxpayer pr |
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| PR - MAXIMUS Awarded $14.2 million Program Expansion in British Columbia |
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| Reston, Va.-based MAXIMUS Inc. (NYSE: MMS), a leading provider of government services, announced today that its Canadian subsidiary has signed an amendment valued at approximately $14.2 million (US) to its Master Services Agreement with the Province of British Columbia Ministry of Health. The amendment applies to the PharmaNet program which MAXIMUS has administered since April 2005. PharmaNet |
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| Florida Library Signs Unique Collector for Fines |
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| Manatee (Fla.) County Library recently awarded a collection contract to Unique Management Services, Inc., Jeffersonville, Ind., to recover fines from the approximately 1,300 patrons who have more than $25 outstanding and are more than six months delinquent in their accounts, said John Van Berkel, the system’s library services manager. “Some individuals do borrow materials and f |
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| Taxpayer Advocate Calls for End to IRS Private Collectors, Again |
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| Advocates for and against the Internal Revenue Service's collection privatization program used a Congressional committee hearing yesterday to once again argue the merits of the program. The Tax Fairness Coalition that represents several private debt collection firms, the IRS-appointed National Taxpayer Advocate, along with the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) battled over the Priva |
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| Shulman Confirmed By Senate to Lead IRS |
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| The Senate unanimously confirmed Douglas H. Shulman as the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service Friday, ignoring the objections of the National Treasury Employees Union, which had opposed his views that the collection privatization system was working well. NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley wrote in an email that the union plans to continue to press Shulman to discontinue the program and |
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