ANOTHER OFFICIAL TO LEAVE. The Hill. “Joseph Grant, the acting commissioner for the agency’s Tax Exempt and Government Entities division, plans to retire, according to the IRS.”

WERFEL APPOINTED. News here. “President Obama on Thursday appointed Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Controller Danny Werfel as acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.”

REQUEST TO REMOVE VIDEO. Roll Call. “A video posted on the Politico website featuring Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s chief of staff has been taken down after the Kentucky Republican’s office objected to its placement on a page designed to solicit advertisers.”

REQUEST FOR SEBELIUS INVESTIGATION. Here. “A group of Republican lawmakers called on the Government Accountability Office to investigate Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius over her fundraising for a nonprofit supporting Obamacare.”

IN: CAMPAIGN FINANCE GRADE. Here. “The Center for Public Integrity, which assisted in the study, reported that in 30 states, including Indiana, it’s impossible to total how much money outside groups are spending in state and local races because of the lack of disclosure laws.”

IL: CHICAGO RULES. Story here. “Leaders of a tech firm seeking a city contract donated $15,000 to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s campaign fund, despite Emanuel’s own executive order banning contributions from vendors trying to get city business.”

NY: CUOMO AND CFR. Story here. “New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to break the connection between cash and politics that’s led to corruption in Albany for decades, and he says public financing of election campaigns is the solution.”

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.