The IRS comments came as the Treasury Department inspector general for tax administration is nearing completion of a report on the matter.

WSJ: IRS Apologizes for Scrutiny of Conservative Groups

The Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration is expected to release the results of a nearly yearlong investigation in the coming week.

NPR: AP Exclusive: IRS Knew Tea Party Targeted In 2011

According to the Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration, 15.4 million taxpayers may unexpectedly owe Uncle Sam money for tax year 2009 because in connection with the Making Work Pay Credit, enacted as part of last year's stimulus bill, Congress ordered withholding rates reduced.

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Multiple investigations into the IRS by congressional committees, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration and the Justice Department are likely to keep the focus on what went wrong.

WSJ: Second Top IRS Official Leaves Agency as GOP Scrutiny Rises

Do you think that the White House and the Treasury Department and the administration in general has prepared the country sufficiently for what look to be disappointing GDP numbers?

WHITEHOUSE: White House Press Briefing

Ms. Gorelick, who now is at WilmerHale, worked at Justice during the Clinton administration and also is a former general counsel for the Defense Department.

WSJ: Gulf Oil Spill Update: Companies Building Up Legal Teams

FEMA's purchasing department became so overwhelmed, they then asked another federal agency, the General Services Administration, for help.

NPR: FEMA Accounts Reveal Last-Minute Scramble

The responsibility for Northern Ireland policy in the new US administration is expected to rest with the State Department headed by General Colin Powell.

BBC: Trimble welcomes Bush Presidency

In what critics have called a closed selection process, the Department of the Interior, working through the General Services Administration, chose the architect Frank Gehry to undertake the design for a 4-acre site on Independence Avenue.

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