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GGD-78-91 1 (1979-01-30)

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Comptroller General


OF THE UNITED STATES


IRS Inspection Service

Functions: Management Can Further

Enhance Their Usefulness

The Internal Revenue Service management
can make more effective use of its internal
audit and internal security functions. Top
management's needs could be served better if
internal audit

    --were not required to continuously re-
    view and report to I RS field offices, an
    unachievable and undesirable goal, and

    --broadened its audits and  reported
    directly to top management.

Internal audit is taking steps to improve its
planning, conducting, and     reporting of
audits. However, IRS management needs to
supplement those actions with some changes
to the audit policy and plans.


Over half of internal security's investigations
involve personnel and other noncriminal mat-
ters which could be done at less cost by the
Office of Personnel Management and other
IRS general investigative personnel rather
than IRS criminal investigators. Internal secu-
rity is taking steps to allocate investigators
among I RS regions to reasonably match the
existing workload and minimize untimely and
unnecessary investigations. However, further
action is needed to reduce cost.


       GGD-78-91

JANUARY 30, 1979


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