The Internal Revenue Service Scandal is at Day 500

And still no real work is being done. From Paul L. Caron writing at TaxProf Blog:

The IRS Scandal, Day 500
Wall Street Journal: Stonewall Koskinen: The IRS Commissioner Was Supposed to Clean Up the Mess. Instead, He's Running Interference, by Kimberley A. Strassel:

Nine months have passed since President Obama installed John Koskinen as IRS Commissioner, charged with unearthing the agency's targeting scandal and restoring its credibility. It's about nine months past time to acknowledge that Mr. Koskinen is the problem, not the answer.

The 75-year-old former Fannie Mae executive on Wednesday put in another superficial appearance before House investigators, spent another two hours dodging questions, jabbing at investigators, and excusing the misdeeds of the least-trusted organization in America. This from the guy brought in to clean up the mess—a man presented in confirmation as a "turnaround artist" and "reformer."

The Koskinen fail is now becoming a central political focus, as Republicans and even some Democrats question his tenure. Mr. Obama had declared him someone who "knows how to lead in difficult times, whether that means ensuring new management or implementing new checks and balances." Where are the sweeping changes? Where's the accountability? When the best the IRS commissioner can promise America is that "whenever we can, we follow the law"—we're in worse shape than nine months ago.

The only thing Mr. Koskinen has seemed remotely interested in turning around is his agency's ugly story-line. He has yet to even accept his agency did anything wrong, spending a March hearing arguing that the IRS didn't engage in "targeting" and claiming the Treasury inspector general agreed. This was so misleading the Washington Post gave Mr. Koskinen "three Pinocchios, " noting the IG had testified to the exact opposite.

 Dr. Caron has been faithfully reporting on this since it first became known:

• • The IRS Scandal, Day 499 (Sept. 19, 2014)
  • The IRS Scandal, Day 498 (Sept. 18, 2014)
  • The IRS Scandal, Day 497 (Sept. 18, 2014)
  • The IRS Scandal, Day 496 (Sept. 17, 2014)
  • The IRS Scandal, Day 495 (Sept. 16, 2014)
  • The IRS Scandal, Day 494 (Sept. 15, 2014)
  • The IRS Scandal, Day 493 (Sept. 14, 2014)
  • The IRS Scandal, Day 492 (Sept. 13, 2014)
  • The IRS Scandal, Day 491 (Sept. 12, 2014)
  • The IRS Scandal, Day 490 (Sept. 11, 2014)
  • The IRS Scandal, Day 489 (Sept. 10, 2014)
  • The IRS Scandal, Day 488 (Sept. 9, 2014)
  • The IRS Scandal, Day 487 (Sept. 8, 2014)
  • The IRS Scandal, Day 486 (Sept. 7, 2014)
  • The IRS Scandal, Day 485 (Sept. 6, 2014)
  • The IRS Scandal, Day 484 (Sept. 5, 2014)
  • The IRS Scandal, Day 483 (Sept. 4, 2014)
  • The IRS Scandal, Day 482 (Sept. 3, 2014)
  • The IRS Scandal, Day 481 (Sept. 2, 2014)
  • The IRS Scandal, Day 480 (Sept. 1, 2014)

 All the way back to his first article: IRS Admits to Targeting Conservative Groups in 2012 Election (May 10, 2013)
And our government?

. . . crickets . . .