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Review of the Electronic Fraud Detection System

Report Information

Date Issued
Report Number
2015-20-093
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
$18,200,000

Recommendations

The Chief Technology Officer should develop a system retirement plan for the EFDS and retire the EFDS after validating the RRP effectively identifies, at a minimum, all issues currently identified by the EFDS.

The Chief Technology Officer should direct the Enterprise Program Management Office to update the Risk Management Plan to reflect the current organizational structure, management process methodology, documentation requirements, and mitigation strategy.

The Chief Technology Officer should direct the Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) to update the Requirements Plan to reflect the current activities, methods, and techniques that are used to perform and support requirements development and requirements management, which include management responsibilities, tools, artifacts, and traceability.

The Chief Technology Officer should ensure that contractors performing testing have software licenses to use the required repository and verify that guidance is consistently followed.