Watchdog flags security issues with IRS’s Zero Paper Initiative

Watchdog flags security issues with IRS’s Zero Paper Initiative

The IRS is facing more hurdles in its lagging effort to transition from paperless processing to a fully digitized approach to tax returns. A memo sent by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration to the IRS commissioner last week flagged digital and physical security gaps at two contractor sites that support the agency’s Zero Paper Initiative, which the watchdog fears is behind the implementation eightball. According to TIGTA, 48% of…