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Fiscal Year 2015 Statutory Review of Compliance With the Freedom of Information Act

Report Information

Date Issued
Report Number
2015-30-084
Report Type
Audit
Joint Report
Yes
Participating OIG
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
Agency Wide
Yes (agency-wide)
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0
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Recommendations

The Director, Privacy, Governmental Liaison, and Disclosure, should develop and implement a formalized plan to periodically review the quality and processing of I.R.C. Section 6103 information requests worked in all of the other IRS functions.

The Director, Privacy, Governmental Liaison, and Disclosure, should incorporate the timeliness procedures for I.R.C. Section 6103 information requests into Internal Revenue Manual Section 11.3. In addition, Disclosure Office management should remind their employees of the new procedures for processing I.R.C. Section 6103 information requests.

The Director, Privacy, Governmental Liaison, and Disclosure, should develop and implement a plan to focus on decreasing the number of backlogged cases.