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IRS Systems Security and Funding: Employee Browsing Not Being Addressed Effectively and Budget Requests for New Systems Development Not Justified

T-AIMD-97-82 Published: Apr 15, 1997. Publicly Released: Apr 15, 1997.
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GAO discussed: (1) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees' electronic browsing of taxpayer files; and (2) IRS' fiscal years (FYs) 1998 and 1999 budget requests for tax systems modernization (TSM) development.

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Automated security systemsComputer resourcesComputer resources managementComputer securityDisaster recovery plansEmergency preparednessFederal records managementInformation resources managementIT acquisitionsNatural disastersPersonnel managementPresidential budgetsSystems conversionsTax administration systemsTax information confidentiality