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

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30, 2012, that its disclosures of its commercial sales practices were current, accurate and complete.” The department will hold accountable contractors that knowingly overcharge the United States to enrich themselves,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division.

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Using AWS for EHDS: A technical guide to building a secure health data platform

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As illustrated in Figure 1, this enables secure data sharing and collaboration across multiple AWS accounts, teams, and departments. Solution architecture The previous blog post showed a high-level architecture for health data sharing between a data holder and a data user in a Health Data Access Body (HDAB) governed account.

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Senator Grassley Raises Concern that ATF Memo Violates Whistleblower Protection Act

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Failing to inform employees of their right to blow the whistle causes a chilling effect throughout the agency, weakening accountability,” says whistleblower attorney Stephen M. “The ATF is in violation of the law and must immediately cure its defective memo.” Kohn of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto.

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ATF Informs Employees of Whistleblower Rights Following Letter from Senator Grassley

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The federal government needs more sunshine to bring accountability—but ATF’s original memo was shady.” Grassley’s intervention on the matter highlights the importance of Congressional oversight in ensuring accountability within administrative agencies by guaranteeing federal whistleblower provisions are correctly implemented.

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Whistleblower Receives $4.8 Million in Hahn Air Lines Settlement

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According to the government, between 2012 and 2018, the company withheld various government-mandated travel fees for tickets to travel into or within the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Hahn Air Lines GmbH, a German commercial travel company, and Hahn Air USA Inc., subsidiary, agreed to pay $26.8 government.

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NASA investigating 2023 theft of astronaut training devices

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In 2012, NASA noted that the theft of an encrypted laptop resulted in the loss of algorithms used to control the International Space Station. A Government Accountability Office review published in 2018 found major issues with NASA’s cybersecurity operations, too. There have been other cybersecurity issues at NASA beyond lost devices.

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CFPB urged by consumer groups to take action on banks’ use of algorithms

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But any guidance or regulatory clarity should take into account the fact that an algorithm isn’t “necessarily making autonomous decisions,” said Ghani, who also served as chief scientist on President Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign.

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