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Treasury office faults IRS computer security

“Two new IRS computer systems that will eventually cost taxpayers almost $2 billion are being put into service despite known security and privacy vulnerabilities, a Treasury watchdog said in a report coming out Thursday”

“The office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said Internal Revenue Service officials failed to ensure that identified weaknesses had been addressed before putting the new systems into use.”

Full A.P. story @ http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/15/national/w210214D72.DTL