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IRS pushes back on data protection criticisms

October 18, 2017

Via: FCW
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The IRS has endured a steady stream of criticism over the past few years from Congress, the public and even its own inspector general over the agency’s efforts to modernize its IT systems and better protect taxpayer data against identity theft and fraud.

Most recently, the tax agency was forced to backpedal on the award of a $7.2 million contract extension to data company Equifax, because the company had been breached and lost more than 140 million records.

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