But the February 2024 treasury inspector general for tax Administration report notes that the IR's did not always remove contractors access to sensitive systems when background investigations were not favorable, especially 19 contractors. Most recent background investigations were not favorable as of July 13, 2023. Yet they still retained their access to one or more sensitive systems because of the IR's did not take an action to suspend or disable the contractors from the IR's systems as required. So why should the fact that IR's conduct background checks on employees and contractors serve as comfort if IR's does not take necessary actions to limit the access of those who failed background checks? (04:07–04:32)
CLAIM
Asserts that as of July 13, 2023, 19 contractors with unfavorable background checks still had access to sensitive IRS systems.
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