An IRS employee affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency has accessed the Integrated Data Retrieval System (IDRS), which houses sensitive taxpayer information. The employee started during the second Trump administration and has the appropriate security clearances to carry out their duties. The White House spokesperson stated that waste, fraud, and abuse have been entrenched in the government system for too long and it is necessary to have access to the system to fix it. The Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk, has been working to access sensitive information held by various government agencies in an effort to cut wasteful spending. They have targeted agencies such as the Treasury Department, FEMA, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. The IRS did not immediately comment on the situation, but the administration official confirmed that the employee was authorized to access the system for official duties. This move is part of DOGE’s broader mission to identify and address inefficiencies in government spending.
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