So they have put it off, put it off, and put it off. Pretty soon, there is not going to be any stretch left in the rubber band and they are going to find themselves with a real crisis. Hopefully, the Congress and the IRS are ahead of that threat. Last month there was a GAO report about IRS's past security weaknesses in its electronic filing systems that said there are still lots of improvements that IRS can make. I come here with a bias toward security that is even stronger because of all of the things you mentioned.
Security is like buying an insurance policy.
Sometimes it can cost you more to protect it than you will lose if you have to surrender it. So, there has to be prudence here, too. Hopefully, we will be able to create some accountability for security in each of the line organizations. We don't want to be in the public eye again because we had a breech. My appointment is for four years.