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Audit finds state servers vulnerable to cyberattack
Servers that host internet service for more than 30 state agencies are vulnerable to a cyberattack, according to a legislative audit released this week. The Maryland State Archives, which oversees the five servers, did not update the operating systems in...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Computer Crime, Prince George's County, Barack Obama, White House
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Candidates for L.A. city attorney, controller trade jabs at Encino forum
At an otherwise tame candidates' forum, City Atty. Carmen Trutanich again pounded his rival, Mike Feuer, for an unusual campaign contract that Trutanich said amounted to an unlawful manipulation of city election laws. "You have to ask yourself why...
Tags: Dennis P. Zine, Carmen Trutanich, Crime, Law and Justice, Ethics, Political Fundraising
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Skechers gets new auditor after insider-trading allegations
Skechers USA Inc. appointed a new auditor Wednesday to replace its former accounting firm, KPMG, which was rocked by an insider trading scandal and resigned earlier this month. The Manhattan Beach shoe maker’s board of directors named BDO USA as...
Tags: Insider Trading, Economy, Business and Finance, Skechers USA Incorporated, Manhattan (New York City), Finance
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Audit dings State Archives for poor record-keeping, outdated software
The State Archives had inadequate procedures to prevent loss or employee theft of its $31.4 million art collection, and outdated software left its computers vulnerable to attack, an audit released Tuesday found. The Department of Legislative Services...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Theft
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Gloucester school officials eye energy audit of Petsworth to save money
Gloucester school officials are soliciting bids on an energy audit of Petsworth Elementary School to try and save money in a couple of areas. Petsworth was selected for the energy audit because school officials are exploring all alternatives to...Tags: Energy and Resource Industries
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Glencoe's District 35 to decide on security measures
Glencoe School District 35 has received two of the three security audits it commissioned on school safety, and when the third comes in this month, the audits will include recommendations on issues such as security cameras and armed guards for schools,...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Health and Safety at School, Photography and Video, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Photography Supplies and Services
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More fishy government spending
If you're like me and wrote a healthy check last week to pay your dues to Uncle Sam, you probably don't want to hear more about the government wasting your hard-earned dough. But I'm going to stoke your ire anyway, because our president and Congress...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Darrell E Issa, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Medicaid
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Shepherd University employee, others indicted during April Jefferson County grand jury term
richardb@herald-mail.comA Jefferson County grand jury this week indicted a Shepherd University employee on multiple charges of fraudulent use of the college’s purchase cards in a case involving nearly $86,000 from October 2010 to August 2012, according to court records....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Halloween, Colleges and Universities, Bank Robbery, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)
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311 complaints ignored, communities fight bars themselves
Black scuff marks line the staircase at 922 N. Charles St., left there by frustrated tenants kicking the wall in a vain attempt to make their neighbor, the Museum Restaurant and Lounge, quiet down. Most nights, tenants say, the sound of DJs hyping up...
Tags: 311 (music group), Fines, Lifestyle and Leisure, Charles Street, Highlandtown
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Audit finds state not collecting all owed on special license plates
SACRAMENTO -- California motorists can get specialized license plates with pictures of whales, firefighters and palm trees to benefit certain state programs, but the state auditor said Thursday the state has failed to collect up to $22 million owed for...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Terrorism, Elaine Howle
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Foreclosure-abuse settlement checks bounce
Some borrowers who received compensation for possible foreclosure abuses were told to take a hike this week when they tried to cash the checks. Just when it seemed the mortgage mess might be tailing off, it was the latest debacle for a program whose...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Finance, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Lincoln County officials support special districts reform bill
ben@theinteriorjournal.comFRANKFORT — A bill that would increase transparency and accountability for special districts is popular with some Lincoln County officials. House Bill 1 was approved unanimously by the state House and Senate last week and is currently awaiting...Tags: Laws, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Judges, Economy, Business and Finance, Justice System
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