The Internal Revenue Service Is Not in Compliance With All Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act Requirements, March 2, 2012 Reference Number: 2012-40-028 “The methodology the IRS uses to estimate the EITC [Earned Income Tax Credit] improper payment rate results in a reasonable estimate of EITC overclaims. However, the IRS did not comply with all… Continue Reading
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Insider Fraud: New Ponemon Survey Reveals All Organizations Have Risk
The Risk of Insider Fraud U.S. Study of IT and Business Practitioners “According to Ponemon Institute research, insider negligence and maliciousness can be one of the major causes of a costly and reputation damaging data breach. As reported in the Ponemon Institutes most recent Cost of Data Breach study, malicious insiders cause 31 percent of… Continue Reading
Research Brief – Foundation Funding for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
Foundation Funding for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene – Foundation Center’s WASHfunders.org “In recent years, the number of U.S. charitable foundations awarding grants for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) projects around the world has more than tripled. A new research brief by the Foundation Center…finds that between 2003 and 2010 this growth in the number of… Continue Reading
BLS: How do U.S. expenditures compare with those of other countries?
Current Spending Topics: How do U.S. expenditures compare with those of other countries? “In Japan, consumers spent more than 17 percent of every yen on groceries, more than twice the 8.3 percent of every dollar that Americans spent. In the United States, households spent almost 7 cents of every dollar on health care, compared with… Continue Reading
FFIEC Releases Supplemental Guidance on Internet Banking Authentication
News release: “The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) issued a Supplement to the Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment guidance, issued in October 2005. The purpose of the supplement is to reinforce the risk-management framework described in the original guidance and update the FFIEC member agencies’ supervisory expectations regarding customer authentication, layered security, and… Continue Reading
Report – Trends in international arms transfers, 2011
Trends in international arms transfers, 2011 – Paul Holtom, Mark Bromley, Pieter D. Wezeman and Siemon T. Wezeman, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute “The SIPRI Arms Transfers Database now contains information on all international transfers of major conventional weapons from 1950 to the end of 2011. It is the only publicly available resource providing consistent… Continue Reading
Report – Iran's Global Cat-And-Mouse Game on Sanctions
Iran’s Global Cat-And-Mouse Game on Sanctions – On the docks of Singapore, in the registries of Malta, and in global shipping data, a tale of Irans efforts to dodge sanctions – by Rachel Armstrong, Stephen Grey and Mimanshu Ojha – Reuters, February 2012 “Washington and European capitals want to stop or slow Irans nuclear programme.… Continue Reading
Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 20112016
Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 20112016 “Global mobile data traffic grew 2.3-fold in 2011, more than doubling for the fourth year in a row. The 2011 mobile data traffic growth rate was higher than anticipated. Last year’s forecast projected that the growth rate would be 131 percent. This year’s estimate… Continue Reading
The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing and military services companies, 2010
News release: “The total arms sales (including sales of military services) of the SIPRI Top 100 maintained their upward trend in 2010, although at 1 per cent in real terms, the increase was much slower than in 2009. Over the period since 2002, the increase has been 60 per cent in real terms. Arms-producing and… Continue Reading
The Web Is Dead? No. Experts expect apps and Web to converge in the cloud
Pew: The Web Is Dead? No. Experts expect apps and the Web to converge in the cloud; but many worry that simplicity for users will come at a price, Janna Quitney Anderson, Elon University – Lee Rainie, Pew Research Centers Internet & American Life Project, March 23, 2012 “According to estimates by Cisco, by 2016… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – IT Supply Chain, Nursing Homes, DISH Network
IT Supply Chain – National Security-Related Agencies Need to Better Address Risks, GAO-12-361, Mar 23, 2012 Nursing Homes – CMS Needs Milestones and Timelines to Ensure Goals for the Five-Star Quality Rating System Are Met, GAO-12-390, Mar 23, 2012 Telecommunications – To Date, DISH Network Is Cooperating with the Court-Appointed Special Master’s Examination of Its… Continue Reading
Links to Some Presentations from Computers in Libraries
Computers in Libraries 2012 – access the presentations online using this link. Continue Reading
