Posted on 05/28/2013 10:14:46 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
IRS Directed to Lock Down All Agency Data
By Eliana Johnson May 28, 2013 12:50 PM
The Internal Revenue Service is in the process of locking down all computer data across the agency, a sign that investigations into the scandal-plagued agency may be taking a broader sweep than initially anticipated.
Agency employees last Thursday received an e-mail alerting them, This is a late breaking top priority and things could change in the future, according to an IRS employee who asked not to be named.
Employees were directed not to wipe, re-image or otherwise destroy any hard drives on any machine currently in use or in stock. During this time, the IRS will not discard any laptop and desktop computers that are replaced, and it is working on securing a location where they will be kept, according to the e-mail.
National Review Online previously reported that data on computer hard drives in the Tax Exempt and Government Entity division in Cincinnati was being preserved and uploaded to a restriccted server where investigators can access it.
Four government probes are currently investigating the IRSs targeting of conservative groups; they are being led by the House Oversight Committee, the House Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, and the IRS itself.
Too late...everything was scrubbed 6 months ago.
A clear signal for all hands to CYA. Thousands of drives and computers will now be emptied or put in storage where no one will be able to sort them out.
Of course this really is a directive to erase everything as soon as possible.
I think it is more of an effort to prevent honest employees leaking documents to conservative news media.
“The Internal Revenue Service is in the process of locking down all computer data across the agency, a sign that stonewalling is now an order from the top.”
There, fixed it.
No, not four, just three: The IRS investigation is to negate the other three of them.
I’m betting their computers have alraedy been scrubbed. This is a fake-out so the mediots and the RATs can say, “See? The IRS is cooperating!” I ain’t buying it.
burn the m******f****** down!
If true, that order came from the top!
This administration has, in past investigations like Fast and Furious, started their own “investigation” in order to enable investigative targets to claim privilege since information cannot be divulged in the face of an ongoing investigation. [Once you say it like that it sounds like it came right out of a script for “Yes, Minister!”. ;]
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Da winnah!
they should have done this immediately
smelly
We can not comment about an ongoing investigation...
Pesky whistleblowers.
Scrub, scrub, scrub your hard drive,
scrub, scrub, scrub your hard drive,
scrub, scrub, scrub your hard drive,
we must save dear leader
Lots of laptops will be accidentally falling into the Potomac over the next few days.
Exactly.
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