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Debt elimination scams cause big problems

Debt got you down? Well, one Internet site promotes a document that you can use to "legally" eliminate an outstanding credit card balance or other debts.

Tags: debt scam , Shirley Rooker , Call For Action , Federal Reserve System , Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Thursday - 03/10/2011, 12:01am EST

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Telework is about to change your agency

The recent passage of the Telework Enhancement Act substantially changes the status of telework throughout government. But how? We get details from Dr. Scott Overmyer, author of a new study.

Tags: Federal Drive , management , Telework Enhancement Act , telework , IBM Center for the Business of Government , Scott Overmyer , Baker College , DISA , NIH , USPTO , Suzanne Kubota

Monday - 01/24/2011, 10:31am EST

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FDIC warns about 'Patriot Act' phishing

The FDIC is warning banks about phishing emails being sent out informing recipients that the FDIC's deposit insurance for their accounts had been suspended because of Patriot Act violations.

Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , phishing , Patriot Act

Monday - 01/17/2011, 09:30am EST

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Agencies struggle to make data transparent

The Office of Management and Budget wants to expand the use of Extensible Business Reporting Language to expand access to structured data. However, the technology to ensure widespread adoption still has a way to go. But two pilots with industry shows it can be done.

Tags: management , technology , OMB , Danny Werfel , AGA , SEC , XBRL , financial management , data transparency , Max Cacas

Friday - 09/24/2010, 07:05am EDT

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Banking feds banked big bonuses pre-meltdown

Banks weren't the only ones giving big bonuses in the boom years before the worst financial crisis in generations. The government also was handing out millions of dollars to bank regulators, rewarding "superior" work even as an avalanche of risky mortgages helped create the meltdown.

Tags: P&B , bonuses , Office of Thrift Supervision , Comptroller of the Currency , AP , Matt Apuzzo

Thursday - 03/18/2010, 04:25pm EDT

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FDIC struggles to keep ahead of cascading bank failures

The FDIC expects the cost of bank failures to grow to about $100 billion over the next four years. Amid the struggling economy and rising loan defaults, 120 banks have failed so far this year, costing the insurance fund more than $28 billion.

Tags: mngt , recovery , Mitchell Glassman

Friday - 11/13/2009, 09:01am EST

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