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In September 2016, we issued a Management Information Report that informed the Department of our concerns regarding how the FSA ID and the Personal Authentication Service were being misused by commercial third parties to take over borrower accounts. The OIG identified this problem through various investigations and developed recommendations to address the misuse. Our report recommended changes to strengthen the banner language for the FSA ID and Personal Authentication Service to enhance the OIG's ability to successfully investigate and prosecute third parties who improperly create, access, or make changes to FSA IDs and accounts. The report also recommended that FSA increase its proactive monitoring of FSA IDs and Personal Authentication Service audit logs and ensure that it proactively monitors the types of abuses identified.
Improvements to the Nonfiler Program Could Help the Internal Revenue Service More Effectively Address Additional Nonfilers Owing Billions of Dollars in Taxes