You’ll be happy to know that the IRS is closing 68 Taxpayer Assistance Centers (TACs) as “…part of the agency’s continuing efforts to create efficiencies, modernize operations, and reduce costs while maintaining [our] commitment to public service.”
Of course, as mentioned previously, the real reason is a 1% budget cutback. The IRS’s criteria used to choose the 68 TACs to be closed can be found here.