FinCEN and IRS Need to Improve and Better Coordinate Compliance and Data Management Issues

Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)Government Accountability Office (GAO)Information Security
Risk Management

Why GAO Did This Study
In 2005, over 16 million Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reports were filed by more than 200,000 U.S. financial institutions. Enacted in 1970, BSA is the centerpiece of the nation’s efforts to detect and deter criminal financial activities. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) play key roles in BSA compliance, enforcement, and data management. GAO was asked to describe FinCEN’s and IRS’s roles and assess their effectiveness at ensuring BSA compliance and efforts to reengineer BSA data management.

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