Sen. Grassley Releases Hold on Treasury Nominees After Receiving Agency Responses on Whistleblower Office

Following up on my previous posts (links below):  Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley press release:

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has released his objection to proceeding to the nominations of two Treasury nominees after receiving responses to his inquiries urging action to correct slow progress on whistleblower claim processing and the issuance of awards at the IRS whistleblower office.

• Sen. Grassley Floor Statement (July 30, 2012)
• Treasury Department Letter to Sen. Grassley (July 25, 2012)
• IRS Letter to Sen. Grassley (July 25, 2012)
• Sen. Grassley Letter to IRS and Treasury Department (July 20, 2012)

Prior TaxProf Blog posts:

• Sen. Grassley Demands Accounting From IRS Whistleblower Office (May 3, 2012)
• Sen. Grassley Wrongly Targets IRS Whistleblower Office (May 8, 2012)
• The IRS Whistleblower Office: Where Allegations of Tax Cheating Go to Die (June 19, 2012)
• Sen. Grassley Places Hold on Treasury Nominations Pending Response on IRS Whistleblower Office (July 12, 2012)