[ga] [Fwd: GAO Reports about Information Management]

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

  As an FYI.

  Additionally the IRS would do well to improve their
IT security by starting with cleaning up it's DNS.
See:
http://member.dnsstuff.com/tools/dnslite.php?r=homepage&domain=irs.gov
and
http://private.dnsstuff.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=irs.gov&token=00506002578e150334c0639610cdc019

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Subject: GAO Reports about Information Management
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 13:33:50 -0500
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January 9, 2009


The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following
reports, testimony, and correspondence:

LETTER REPORT

Information Security: Continued Efforts Needed to Address Significant
Weaknesses at IRS. GAO-09-136, January 9
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-136
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09136high.pdf


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