How Many Widgets Can 98,000 Employees Create?

Question: How many widgets can a company of 98,000 create?
Answer: None, as the focus is taking -- not making.

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Twenty-four Internal Revenue Service workers were found guilty of criminal activities ranging from unauthorized tax return snooping to stealing money in the six months to March 2006, a new report said Thursday.

The Treasury Department Inspector General for Tax Administration, in its semiannual report to Congress, also said 26 cases of employee criminal misconduct were accepted for prosecution between Oct. 1, 2005, and March 31, 2006.

The Inspector General report summarizes its investigations and activities during this period. The misconduct arose from a broad workforce of about 98,000 workers in dozens of facilities across the country.

The report also found the IRS terminated 41 workers during the six-month period for various violations of taxpayer rights.

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