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		sseveran on June 21, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Missing E-Mail Is the Least of the IRS's Problems Well they did spend 1.8 billion on IT last year. Invariably every government agency says it needs more money when something goes wrong. I don't think its unreasonable to think that the IRS should be able to at least store email for $1.8B. The real question is what did they get for $1.8B.

smoyer on June 22, 2014 [–]

Perhaps some Canadian software company revamped their e-file system ... you've got to compete with healthcare.gov right?

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