by CivicMeter Staff | Feb 13, 2018 | Nonprofit Management, Uncategorized
A revolution in the handling of online personal data will arrive on May 25, 2018. And almost everyone: big firms, small firms, nonprofits, and individuals, will be caught up in it. KnowHow Nonprofit has posted an excellent guidance document for nonprofits trying to...
by CivicMeter Staff | Feb 13, 2018 | Nonprofit Management, Uncategorized
Contrary to the ideals of the founders of the internet, we are all not sitting around the online campfire singing “Kumbaya.” Instead, the online world is filled with trolls who seem to find fulfillment in poisoning the well. Social media entities like Facebook and...
by CivicMeter Staff | Jan 31, 2018 | Government IT
U.S. insurers are defrauded of over $80 billion every year, according to a recent white paper released by The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. The analysis of forensic accountants can knock out many unsubstantiated claims. But investigating the validity of claims is...
by CivicMeter Staff | Jan 31, 2018 | Government IT
As sure as nemesis follows hubris, the greater interconnectedness of the world created by technology has left institutions vulnerable to fraud. But the good guys are using the same advances — algorithms, software, data — to combat fraud in innovative new...
by CivicMeter Staff | Jan 31, 2018 | Government IT
Looking to cut waste and decrease the incidence of fraud, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will now cooperate in the dissemination of best practices and the sharing of data analytics tools to improve their...
by CivicMeter Staff | Jan 31, 2018 | Government IT
Over the next five years, the global fraud detection and prevention market is expected to grow at a nearly 20% clip to hit a market size of over $42 billion. Reuters reports: Fraud detection and prevention (FDP) solutions have thus become more important in the current...
by CivicMeter Staff | Jan 31, 2018 | Government IT
The California accounting firm White, Zuckerman, Warsavsky, Luna & Hunt has asked the court to allow them to sue actor and director Mel Gibson’s ex-wife, Oksana Grigorieva, for $108,887.24 in unpaid fees. Grigorieva had hired the firm after her 2015 bankruptcy...
by CivicMeter Staff | Jan 31, 2018 | Government IT
Data-mining techniques helped uncover a ten-year $1 million scam perpetrated by the top officials of the Sugardale Medical Center according to a special issue of the Journal of Forensic and Investigative Accounting (JFIA). Brent Carter and his forensic accounting team...
by CivicMeter Staff | Dec 11, 2017 | Program Evaluation, Uncategorized
We may think that we are the captains of our own destiny, making our own decisions and guiding our own ship. But it’s not that simple — and that’s a fact that was understood well by whoever put snacks in the checkout line. Over eight decades ago, a...
by CivicMeter Staff | Dec 5, 2017 | Program Evaluation, Uncategorized
A bill urging evidence-based policy-making is receiving support from both sides of aisle. Despite the strident division currently wracking Congress, the bill introduced by Republican Speaker Paul Ryan and Democrat Patty Murray already sailed through the House on...
