Report: IRS Information Security Still Poor
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The IRS continues to have "pervasive" information security weaknesses according to a new Government Accountability Office report.
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A survey released today indicates that federal chief information security officers at agencies with small budgets are struggling under the weight of regulatory paperwork, while counterparts at larger agencies have the time, money and manpower to work on strategic planning.
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Few companies know as well as ChoicePoint the consequences of failing to secure the personal information of consumers.
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There's still too much paper to pluck from files. There's not enough sharing of information. Yet despite such problems, the government has been picking up speed in processing security clearances.
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Little progress has been made in cracking down on benefit fraud and error, a spending watchdog has said.
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The Internal Revenue Service gave away $318 million in improper refunds this year because a computer program that screens tax returns for fraud wasn't working, according to a report released Friday.
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Personal information about Americans is stolen or lost from some government or private computer almost daily, but congressional auditors can link only a few identity thefts to the breaches.
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The Homeland Security Department could access data stored in the electronic container seal, but failure rates must be below 5%. By Larry Greenemeier.
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A congressional report blames a litany of shortcomings at the Transportation Security Administration for security problems on a Web site set up in 2006 to help travelers remove their names from terrorist watch-lists.
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The Bush administration has no clear strategy to protect the privacy of patients as it promotes the use of electronic medical records, investigators say.
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The overall security of computer systems inside the largest U.S. government agencies improved marginally since last year but still merits only a D-plus on the latest progress report from Congress.
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Attorney  Eric J. Sinrod says corporate America needs a wake up call--in the worst way--about data security.
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The FBI failed to report accurately how many people it snooped on using anti-terror measures, officials said a government audit revealed today. Demands for banks and phone companies to hand over people's private information without telling them may also have gone beyond what is allowed by the Patriot Act, officials with access to the report told CNN.
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The program, designed to let the agency detect and analyze cases of unauthorized access to taxpayer data, hasn&#39;t worked correctly since the IRS took delivery in 2002.
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Many government websites are still too complicated and difficult to use, says a report by the National Audit Office.
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Blog: Government auditors say only a fraction of the largest intrusions in recent years showed clear evidence of resulting identity theft, but they admit that's not always easy to gauge.
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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) says users of its online service are still experiencing delays filing their tax self-assessment.