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Subject: IRS search for public records access ends with ChoicePoint
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 10:38:14 -0400
From: Educational CyberPlayGround <admin@edu-cyberpg.com>
To: reidenberg@sprynet.com
CC: declan@well.com, djsolove@comcast.net

Of possible interest

Karen Ellis
Educational CyberPlayGround
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com


http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/36239-1.html
By Doug Beizer
Contributing Staff Writer
06/28/05

The Internal Revenue Service has awarded ChoicePoint Government
Services a contract worth as much as $20 million to serve as the
agency's public records provider for batch processing projects,
according to the company.

Under a five-year contract, ChoicePoint will provide the IRS with
access to its suite of custom data solutions. IRS officials will use
ChoicePoint's public records data capabilities to support customized
data retrieval requirements.

ChoicePoint provides public records information about a person, asset
or location, a company spokesperson said. The information can include
current and former addresses, property ownership records and
bankruptcy, lien or judgment information.
[...]

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Posted by Declan McCullagh on Jun 30, 2005 in category privacy

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