Hello everyone, I wanted to share with you the GAO report that has just been finalized and is now available. We are mentioned in footnote 31. Andrew Johnston suggested that some of you might be interested in the report. Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Kay *Kay Chopard | **Executive Director* Email: kay@kantarainitiative.org <amanda@kantarainitiative.org> LinkedIn: @KantaraInitiative <https://www.linkedin.com/company/kantara-initiative/> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Beck, Peter F <BeckP@gao.gov> Date: Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM Subject: Issuance - GAO-25-107273 - Taxpayer Identity Verification: IRS Should Strengthen Oversight of Its Identity-Proofing Program To: Kay Chopard <kay@kantarainitiative.org> Cc: Gorman, Eric D <GormanE@gao.gov> Kay, Thank you for speaking with us for our audit work on IRS tax ID verification. The final report has been published. *GAO-25-107273 - Taxpayer Identity Verification: IRS Should Strengthen Oversight of Its Identity-Proofing Program* The following link should be used to obtain the product. https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-25-107273 We appreciate your thoughtful contributions to this publication. Very best, Peter Beck * Peter Beck | *Senior Analyst | Strategic Issues U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. NW* | *Washington, D.C. 20548* | *202.512.6108 *beckp@gao.gov <beckp@gao.gov>** | *www.gao.gov Connect with GAO at: [image: Facebook Icon] <https://www.facebook.com/usgao> [image: Twitter Icon] <http://twitter.com/usgao> [image: Watchblog Icon] <http://blog.gao.gov/> [image: YouTube Icon] <http://www.youtube.com/usgao> [image: Flickr Icon] <http://www.flickr.com/photos/usgao> [image: LinkedIn Icon] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/us-government?trk=cp_followed_name_us-government>