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The IRS will pay Equifax $7.25 million to verify taxpayer identities and help prevent fraud under a no-bid contract issued last week, even as lawmakers lash the embattled company about a massive security breach that exposed personal information of as many as 145.5 million Americans.
A contract award for Equifax's data services was posted to the Federal Business Opportunities database Sept. 30 — the final day of the fiscal year. The credit agency will "verify taxpayer identity" and "assist in ongoing identity verification and validations" at the IRS, according to the award.
The notice describes the contract as a "sole source order," meaning Equifax is the only company deemed capable of providing the service. It says the order was issued to prevent a lapse in identity checks while officials resolve a dispute over a separate contract.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/03/equifax-irs-fraud-protection-contract-243419
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 06 2017, @04:01AM (1 child)
And to provide that protection, the government will need money and best that collection be done competently or it cannot be collected fairly. So you're an idiot for wanting the IRS to be incompetent.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday October 06 2017, @10:47AM
You really don't grok snark, do you? I'm not going to explain it completely but let me put your feet on the path of wisdom at least: it's less important that it be utterly logical than it is that it convey your displeasure with the target.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.