I feel sorry for the Acting Commissioner Stephen T. Miller, a 25 yr career IRS employee, who has been forced to leave the IRS. Believe me being in any acting capacity is hazardous. I know from experience. Though you have the authority to run something, those under you may not accept you, if so they can make your life hell, and you are hesitant to do anything big because it should be left to the "permanent" official. Acting Commissioner Miller assumed his position only last November, after the scandal had been made, though he knew about it in May of 2012 when he was the Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement.
The report's findings indicate that of the 298 cases reviewed by the IRS inspector general as potential political cases not eligible for tax exempt status: 72 contained the name "tea party," 11 contained "9/12" and 13 contained the word "patriots," according to the report. There were 202 cases that did not contain any such reference. (http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/15/politics/irs-conservative-targeting/index.html)
For unknown reasons, Obama has not tried to fill the Commissioner of the IRS position during his administration. Actually, Miller was going to have to vacate his 210-day position on June 8th because of the term limit on acting (Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998) though he had planned to return to his former position and maybe run the IRS from that. (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/resignation-fired-irs-commissioner-planned-leave-post-june/story?id=19193192#.UZkX3bKF90A)
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