The IRS failed to do background checks on some private contractors who handled confidential taxpayer information, exposing more than a million taxpayers to an increased risk of fraud and identity ...
WASHINGTONWASHINGTON — 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 ...
Editor's note: This is Part III of our special report, Crooked Contractors.Click here for Part I or here for Part II. On a national scale, background check requirements for the home improvement ...
On Sept. 9, Sen. Jon Tester hailed the breaking story that Falls Church, Va.-based USIS, the controversial provider of background checks for security clearances, was losing its contracts with the ...
EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of contractors holding important information security jobs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have for years been working as high-level operators of its computer systems ...
The contractor that performed federal background checks on such headline personalities as National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden and Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis has been accused of fraud by ...
FILE - A sign for the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, on May 4, 2021. The IRS says it expects to collect hundreds of billions of dollars more in overdue and unpaid taxes than ...
WASHINGTON — The IRS failed to do background checks on some private contractors who handled confidential taxpayer information, exposing more than a million taxpayers to an increased risk of fraud and ...