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A new IRS inspector general report said the nation's tax collection agency continued to give 19 contractors access to sensitive systems despite having background reports that were returned as “not favorable.” Despite having the unfavorable rating returned as recently as July 13, 2023, “These contractors still retained their access to one or more sensitive systems because the IRS did not take action to suspend or disable the contractors from the IRS’s systems, as required,” according to a report issued this week by the Treasury Department’s inspector general for tax administration. IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel — who took over the agency last April — told The Associated Press that four of the contractors have since been terminated and the others have resubmitted their paperwork and received favorable background checks, adding that “there’s no implicit implication of any kind,” he said, “that thes
A new IRS inspector general report says the agency continued to give 19 contractors access to sensitive systems despite failing background reports as recently as last July.
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A new IRS inspector general report said the nation's tax collection agency continued to give 19 contractors access to sensitive systems despite having background reports that were returned as “not favorable.” Despite having the unfavorable rating returned as recently as July 13, 2023, “These contractors still retained their access to one or more sensitive systems because the IRS did not take action to suspend or disable the contractors from the IRS’s systems, as required,” according to a report issued this week by the Treasury Department’s inspector general for tax administration. IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel — who took over the agency last April — told The Associated Press that four of the contractors have since been terminated and the others have resubmitted their paperwork and received favorable background checks, adding that “there’s no implicit implication of any kind,” he said, “that thes