Kiara Jackson

Kiara Jackson serves as a key procurement professional within the Internal Revenue Service, supporting the agency’s mission to modernize tax administration through secure, technology-driven solutions. She manages acquisitions for digital services and information systems critical to taxpayer compliance, fraud detection, and cybersecurity infrastructure. Her work spans both cloud-based platforms and on-premises environments, ensuring that procurement aligns with federal IT modernization priorities and risk mitigation standards. Jackson typically handles complex, performance-based contracts for IT modernization, data analytics, and digital service delivery, often coordinating with cross-functional teams to meet stringent compliance and security requirements. She maintains strong working relationships with leading federal contractors including Deloitte Consulting LLP, Science Applications International Corporation, Maximus Federal Services, Cherokee Nation Federal Consulting, and InsySCO, Inc. These partnerships reflect a balanced approach to leveraging large-scale enterprise capabilities alongside specialized small business expertise. Jackson’s contracting patterns emphasize outcome-driven solicitations, frequently utilizing performance-based service contracts and agile acquisition methodologies to ensure scalable, secure, and responsive solutions for IRS operational needs. Jackson demonstrates a pronounced commitment to socioeconomic diversity in contracting, with half of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to foster innovation and capacity-building among small businesses, particularly those certified under 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. Her consistent use of set-asides supports broader Treasury objectives to expand equitable access to federal opportunities while maintaining high standards of performance and accountability. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 323111 (Commercial Printing) and 519290 (Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services), indicating expertise in digital document systems, taxpayer-facing web portals, and data aggregation platforms. She procures services related to secure digital communication, automated compliance workflows, and information retrieval systems that enhance taxpayer experience and internal audit capabilities. Her domain knowledge bridges technical infrastructure with user-centered service design in high-stakes federal environments.