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Government Executive Editor in Chief Tom Shoop, along with other editors and staff correspondents, look at the federal bureaucracy from the outside in.

IRS to Tax Cheats: Pay Up, Pal

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It's not enough that the IRS is hiring private companies to collect tax debts. Now the agency wants wants PayPal's help in tracking down tax cheats. Oh, and by the way, as Tax Day looms, the Justice Department wants you to know that if you do get caught cheating, federal prosecutors will do their best to put you in the slammer.

Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.

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