Not many IT projects are funded just three months before their scheduled go-live date and built under the glare of national media attention and threats of lawsuits. Yet despite these challenges, the Do Not Call system was one of the most successful IT projects in the history of government. ...
The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program is an authoritative source for cancer statistics that President Richard Nixon initiated on January 1, 1973. This program is funded by the National Cancer Institute to provide cancer data to the public for clinical studies with the goal...
It seems that the US government also has questions about the restructuring of the private company and the involvement of tech giant Microsoft, as reported by Bloomberg. In early January 2025, the Financial Press also reported the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has raised questions about the potent...
Its representatives say their business is transparent and driven by the choices of their employer clients. They call the FTC’s findings misrepresentative and believe their practices are misunderstood. The PCMA cites as evidence the findings of a recent report—funded by the Big Three—showing that...
To use WordPress.org to build your website, you will first need adomain name and WordPress hosting. Many new website owners confuse domain names with hosting or think they’re the same thing. Let’s break it down. Adomain nameis your website’s address on the internet. Think of it as...
For this guide, we’ll be using WPForms Pro because it gives you access to the Stripe Pro addon. This addon makes it easy to collect recurring payments using Stripe. Note: While there is a free version of the WPForms plugin, we recommend using the Pro version. The free plugin can only...
In fact, DeVry has been getting hammered with Borrower’s Defense Applications, especially since the FTC’s lawsuit made it so obvious that DeVry was vulnerable to fraudulent or misleading advertising claims. Anyone who’s been paying attention to the industry would know by now that there’s alm...
just as they did with the original program. The Federal Trade Commission filed a case against one such company on April 17, 2020. The FTC cautioned to only apply by first going to the SBA website and that the SBA will never ask for Social Security numbers—or bank account or credit car...
contact your bank or credit union before the receiving institution has approved the transfer. Explain the situation to your bank, especially if it was fraud. If you were scammed, you should also report the situation to your local police, your state's consumer protection office, and theFTC....
Deter, Detect, Defend: The FTC’s Program on Identity Theft. Kimberly Castner-Scott. What is Identity Theft I Identity theft and identity fraud are terms used to refer to all types of crime in which someone wrongfully. 1 Identity Theft and Phishing: What You Need to Know. ...