More limit’s imposted as a spotlight is focused to the Musk groups government audits data access attempts ….
DOGE, which stands for the Department of Government Efficiency, over the weekend requested broad access to the most sensitive IRS data systems, which would have given Kliger the ability to see and in some cases edit detailed information — including bank accounts, payment balances, Social Security and other personal identification numbers and, in some instances, medical information — on virtually every individual, business and nonprofit in the country….
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…that information is some of the most heavily guarded data in the federal government. Political officials do not have access to the Integrated Data Retrieval System, or IDRS. The IRS’s commissioner, national taxpayer advocate and even senior officials in the office of the chief information officer do not have IDRS access either…
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The IRS was prepared to reject the White House’s request, the people said, on the grounds that allowing DOGE to have the information would put millions of taxpayers’ information at risk. But over the course of the week, Treasury officials recognized the broad nature of DOGE’s request and agreed to limit Kliger’s access, the people said….
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The Republicans are BACK to starving the agency that COLLECTS money FOR the AMERICA….
Many of the laid-off employees were part of a recent hiring surge meant to improve service and update technology at the agency, which has seen its budget reduced repeatedly since 2010….
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