Tuesday, January 9, 2007

IRS, IG disagree on process vs. independent judgment

The Internal Revenue Service and its inspector general are divided on whether to define a process or use managers’ judgment to analyze the effects of project delays.

IRS officials objected to the IG’s recommendation to establish a process to determine the effects of deferred work on funding and for marking incomplete work to avoid paying for it again, according to a December 2006 Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report on the Modernization e-File project.

Officials consider the process a waste of resources.

But, the IG wrote, such a process should help prevent the agency from paying for the same work.

Read the rest of the story: FCW.com News - IRS, IG disagree on process vs. independent judgment

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