Government

A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, often a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary.

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Puerto Rico Falls Prey To $4M Online Fraud
Puerto Rico Falls Prey To $4M Online Fraud
February 14, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

An online scam targeted $4 million in retirement funds from at least four Puerto Rico agencies, according to reports on Thursday (Feb. 14).  Get the...

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PR Gov’t Loses $2.6M Due To Email Phishing
PR Gov’t Loses $2.6M Due To Email Phishing
February 13, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The government of Puerto Rico lost $2.6 million after it was the victim of an email phishing scam, according to the AP. Get the Full Story...

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Amazon (And Others) Brace For India’s New eCommerce Tax
Amazon (And Others) Brace For India’s New eCommerce Tax
February 10, 2020  |  Taxes

The jousting over eCommerce taxes — especially for U.S. firms operating on an international scale — is about to get more heated. Last week in...

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Swiss Ski Resort Accepts Bitcoin For Taxes
Swiss Ski Resort Accepts Bitcoin For Taxes
January 30, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Zermatt, a ski resort town of 5,400 residents in Switzerland, has decreed that cryptocurrency bitcoin can now be utilized to pay taxes and other government...

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State And Local Governments Wrestle With Faster Payments
State And Local Governments Wrestle With Faster Payments
January 27, 2020  |  Disbursements

Legacy technology issues abound these days, but for sheer scale (and a good giggle) always look to the government. In 2018, one laughable incident involved...

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Fraudsters Try New Spins On The BEC Scam
Fraudsters Try New Spins On The BEC Scam
January 27, 2020  |  B2B Payments

The Business Email Compromise (BEC) continues to evolve. Fraudsters are adding new twists to what has become an increasingly common scam targeting businesses’ B2B payments...

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DOJ To Review Liability Law For Online Content Companies
DOJ To Review Liability Law For Online Content Companies
January 26, 2020  |  Legal

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is organizing a workshop to review a federal law that predominantly releases websites from legal culpability for anything their...

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Why State And Local Governments Struggle To Shred The Paper Check
Why State And Local Governments Struggle To Shred The Paper Check
January 22, 2020  |  Disbursements

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Google CEO Calls For AI Governance 
Google CEO Calls For AI Governance 
January 20, 2020  |  Artificial Intelligence

In a Sunday opinion column in The Financial Times (FT), Google and Alphabet chief executive officer (CEO) Sundar Pichai wrote about the importance of having...

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