THE COUNTRY’S IN THE VERY BEST OF HANDS: GAO: At IRS, taxpayer information not secure. “Taxpayer information held by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is vulnerable to access by unauthorized people, according to a report released today from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The report cites ‘information security deficiencies’ at the IRS, which also compromise the agency’s ability to guarantee that ‘financial statements are fairly presented.'”