 Soon after his second term expired, Oveson was appointed Chairman of the Utah State Tax Commission in 1993 by Governor Mike Leavitt.In this capacity he redesigned the computer systems and processes for the commission and created the Utah Tax Law Library on CD-ROM.He served in this position until 1998, when he was appointed the first head of the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate; this position had been created by legislation passed by Congress in 1996.