IRS Chief Says Aborting Equifax Contract Could Harm Hurricane Victims

In awarding a $7.25 million contract to Equifax to help verify US taxpayers' identities, the Internal Revenue Service set itself up for a massive backlash. But in a letter obtained by Gizmodo on Thursday, IRS chief John Koskinen argues that the circumstance was unavoidable. Not awarding the contract, he writes, would...