IRS Should Improve FOIA Document Retrieval, Watchdog Finds

Government Executive: Four years after charges of political bias rocked the Internal Revenue Service, the watchdog who played a key role in the controversy has faulted the procedures by which the tax agency retrieves internal documents in response to Freedom of Information Act requests.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration in a report released on Monday concluded that “IRS policies do not comply with certain federal requirements that agencies must ensure that all records are retrievable and usable for as long as needed.”

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