>> this morning on capitol hill, the i digress national taxpayer advocate nina olson testifying before a house oversight and government reform committee. we will take you there live at 9:00 on c-span3. c-span2, the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction will brief lawmakers on defense committee, live also at 9:00 a.m. eastern. this month we showcase our studentcam winners. c-span3 annual video documentary competition for middle and high schools dues. this year's theme was road to the white house and students were asked what issues do you want presidential candidate to discuss? our second prize high school winners is from chardon, ohio. demeter from the notre dame cathedral latin school wants candidates to talk about education in "the big decision." ♪ hey, my name is andrew carey i am a high school senior so i'm going to college next year. i want the truth about college but everyone has an opinion. a professor says you may need a degree to be successful and her friend's does despite the adult supervision, why bother going into deep debt. to hear one answer to that ques

so i look forward hearing from my friend nina olson, the taxpayer advocate about how to better serve the american taxpayers by overcoming these problems. on a personal note, just say thank you, ms. olson, for coming to western north carolina to advocate on on behalf of the tax, en route to -- and really to hear the concerns of so many. it was very refreshing, well received and it just shows you're going to extra mile to get that input. i would also like to thank you for your dedication to work come working to protect the american taxpayer. this was on full display when you came to my district for the town hall but it was also interesting to see the other information that was helpful to understand about tax administration. as far as the issues annual report, i'd like to note as we look to spend considerable time discussing the future state plan that is currently being developed by the irs. this plan will lead to a greater electronic tax administration, and online service for the irs. we obviously have a witness here for my home state of, from greensboro, north carolina, to talk of thos

nina olson, a national taxpayer advocate at the internal revenue service. and mr. james buttonow, chairman of electronic tax administration advisory committee at the internal revenue service. welcome to you both. pursue to committee rules all witnesses will be sworn in before they testify. i would ask you to please rise in racial right hand. [witnesses were sworn in] -- and raise your right hand. >> thank you. but the record reflect that the witness answered in the affirmative. you may be seated. in order to allow time for discussion, questions, we would ask you limit your oral testimony to five minutes but your anti-written statement will be made part of the record. so i would like to recognize you, ms. olson, for five minutes. >> chairman meadows, ranking member plaskett, and distinguished members of this subcommittee, thank you for holding today's hearing of the national taxpayer advocates 2015 annual report to congress. in the report identified iran's future state plan as the number one most serious problem for taxpayers, and i will focus on that issue in my te

i look forward to hearing from a friend nina olson, the tech center advocate about how to better serve the american taxpayers by overcoming these problems. on a personal note, i just won a say thank you ms. olson for coming to western north carolina to have a kate on behalf of the taxpayer advocate and to hear from so many. it was well received and it just shows they're going the extra mile to get that input. i'd also like to thank you for your dedication to protect the american tax player. this was on full display when you came to my district for the town hall but it was also interesting to see the other information that was helpful about tax and in ministration. as far as this year's annual report, i'd like to note that as we look to spend considerable time discussing the current state that is being developed by the irs, this plan will lead to a greater electronic tax in administration and online service for the irs. we obviously have a witness here from my home state of queensboro north carolina to talk on those issues. we want to make sure we have the responsibility to ensure that

each year nina olson and her team take a very productive approach to reducing taxpayer burden and increasing overall comply advisor is formed by law to make strategic recommend to congress on how to improve overall tax administration through a electronic means. in short we are an outside consultant to the irs. in the past few years big challenges. the first is identity theft in the second is in adequate levels of the tax payer service at the irs caused by an antiquated customer service model. the committee believes the key solution to both of these problems is a more innovative, digital irs. most of this is outlined in their future state initiative. to address the urgent problem of tax identity theft, they have formed a security summit. we applaud this coalition with the industry and will be working together with this important group to find a solution. authenticating taxpayer identity is absolutely foundational to a digitally enabled irs. today i'm gonna focus on the future state of taxpayer service at the irs. first let's take a look at where we are today. the most taxpayer, interacting ar

tomorrow morning on capitol hill, the irs national olsoner advocate nina will testify before a house oversight and government reform subcommittee. we will take you there at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. onc-span2, a briefing defense department spending in afghanistan at a house armed services subcommittee hearing, live also at 9:30 -- at 9:00 a.m. eastern. irs commissioner john koskinen says that the industry gets more than one million malicious attempts each day to try to main computers' system. he responded to a committee on preventing and responding to cyberattacks, and how to protect taxpayer information. this is about one hour and 45 minutes. >> senator wyden is delayed. he has asked that i proceed without him. he will be happy to participate when he comes. good morning. it is a pleasure to welcome everyone to today's hearing, entitled "cyrus -- cyber security and protecting taxpayer information." these are important issues that we have been working on for some time. in june of last year, for example, we had a hearing on the theft of internal revenue affecting taxpayer informati