Watchdog pushes IRS on stronger oversight of identity-proofing program

Watchdog pushes IRS on stronger oversight of identity-proofing program

The IRS’s identity-proofing program needs stronger oversight and better transparency around its use of artificial intelligence, according to a new watchdog report. The Government Accountability Office examined the tax agency’s use of ID.me as its sole provider of identity assurance level (IAL) 2 products and related services, finding a lack of “measurable goals and objectives for the program” that verifies taxpayers and is intended to guard agai…