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• Microsoft sues IRS for more information about audit

  Microsoft is seeking information about the tax agency's decision to hire outside lawyers to help conduct an audit of the company.

• IRS cut its cybersecurity staff by 11% over four years

  As headcount is falling, cybersecurity spending at the agency is increasing.

• H-1B employees crowd out other workers, says study

  A new paper found that winning additional H-1B visas has "an insignificant effect on patenting," and that "H-1Bs substantially crowd out employment of other workers."

• IRS warns of downtime risk as Congress makes cuts

  Successive budget cuts by Congress are forcing the Internal Revenue Service to delay modernization and improve its ability to prevent fraud.

• Department of Justice bashes $20 million identity refund fraud ring

• IRS misses XP deadline, pays Microsoft millions for patches

  Tax collector has 58,000 PCs still running the aged XP; will spend US$30M to upgrade to Windows 7