IRS higher-ups requested info on conservative groups, letters show

Additional scrutiny of conservative organizations activities by the IRS did not solely originate in the agencys Cincinnati office, with requests for information coming from other offices and often bearing the signatures of higher-ups at the agency, according to attorneys representing some of the targeted groups. At least one letter requesting information about one of the groups bears the signature of Lois Lerner, the suspended director of the IRS Exempt Organizations department in Washington.