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Gen Digital Pays $55 Million False Claims Act Judgment Following Whistleblower Suit and Trial

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The government specifically alleged that Gen Digital “made false statements to GSA during contractual negotiations in 2006 and early-2007 and continued to falsely certify throughout the performance of the contract through Sept. 30, 2012, that its disclosures of its commercial sales practices were current, accurate and complete.”

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5G: The Transformation of Defense Networks

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Friday, October 13, 2023 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE In 2022, the Department of Defense created a cross-functional team to accelerate the adoption of 5G and future-generation wireless networking technologies, laying the foundation for new opportunities to implement innovative solutions to military needs. and its allies and partners.

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IRS Whistleblower Office Updates Organizational Structure as Part of Reform Efforts

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While the program has been hugely successful, since 2007 whistleblowers have allowed the IRS to recover nearly $7 billion , in recent years it has been plagued by issues. Most notably, award payments can take over 10 years to be processed.

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Advocates Continue to Push for IRS Whistleblower Program Reform

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While the program has been an immense success, awarding whistleblowers over $1 billion based on the collection of over $6 billion in back taxes, interest, penalties, and criminal fines and sanctions since 2007, its issues have begun to undermine the program. The annual money recovered by the program fell from $1.44

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Bringing 5G to the Battlespace

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For instance, 5G networks must have state-of-the-art security and encryption, since they will be targets of cyber attacks, espionage and data breaches. He is also an industry researcher at the NSF Edge AI Institute, where he explores synergies between networking and AI. There are challenges to incorporating 5G.

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The Future of 5G in Defense and Beyond

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In fact, the DOD created a cross-functional team to accelerate the adoption of 5G and future-generation wireless networking technologies in 2022, to prepare the department for new, innovative opportunities. FutureG is working to bring private 5G standalone network to the edge. The new 5G technology could support all of that.

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IRS Awards $15.1 Million to Whistleblower for Exposing Tax Evasion Scheme

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Since issuing its first award in 2007 through fiscal year 2022, the IRS has paid $1.1 Million to Whistleblower for Exposing Tax Evasion Scheme appeared first on Whistleblower Network News. billion in awards to over 2,500 whistleblowers based on the successful collection of $6.6 billion from non-compliant taxpayers.”

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