IRS Watchdog Report Reveals 30 Untracked Data Sharing Agreements With Taxpayer Information
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Macon Atkinson
Summary
A Treasury Inspector General report found that the IRS failed to identify all external organizations with access to federal tax information through data sharing agreements. The IRS Privacy office tracked 1,094 of 1,124 agreements in its library, but was unaware of 30 additional tax information-related agreements established by other IRS business units, raising data protection concerns.
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bskyIRS Watchdog Report Reveals 30 Untracked Data Sharing Agreements With Taxpayer Informationnews.bgov.comKey quotes
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The IRS Privacy, Governmental Liaison and Disclosure office had tracked 1,094 of its 1,124 agreements in its Governmental Liaison Agreement Library as of March
the IRS didn't know about 30 additional tax information-related agreements established by other IRS business units
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