DOJ charges Joshua J. Bellamy of $1.2 million fraud under the Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program Loan NFL Player in PPP scam. A National Football League (NFL) player has been charged for his alleged participation in a scheme to file fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $24 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)...
Continue readingHow To Find A Job In These Tough Times?
What To Do When You Suddenly Find Yourself Jobless? How to find a job now. We are living in some really tough times – the world is battling a pandemic, the expanse of which, most of us have never seen. The entire world is in its clutches and global economy is in a state...
Continue readingForm I9 Updated – DHS Extends Flexibility
ICE announces another extension to I-9 compliance flexibility, no more extensions for employers to respond to NOIs served in March WASHINGTON – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced an extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I9 compliance that was granted earlier this year. Due to the continued precautions related to...
Continue reading6 Safeguards Against Telehealth Fraud Accusations
During times of social distancing, telehealth has been essential for continuity of care. However, in the rush to implement the technology, providers may have overlooked one important detail: If they don’t follow coding, documentation and other requirements, they could be at risk for a post-payment recoupment or even payer accusations of fraud in the...
Continue reading‘Mistake-Proofing,’ a 60s-era Concept, Still Hard at Work on the Factory Floor
Problems in manufacturing can be traced to many often-interrelated problems, but since people are the major component of most design and operation processes, targeting human error can have can have major rewards. But diagnosing and preventing human error is not easy. It takes detailed analysis into what may be a low-frequency occurrence. Enter the...
Continue readingPPP (Paycheck Protection Program) Extension Approved by Senate
$130 Billion Left at Paycheck Program. The Senate granted five additional weeks for the remaining money left in the Small Business program to be spent. WASHINGTON — PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) Extension. The Senate voted Tuesday evening to extend a federal loan program by five additional weeks, a surprise move that would allow small...
Continue readingForm 941 Revision for Covid-19 Tax Relief Reporting Finalized by IRS
The finalized version of the Form 941 revision, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return, that employers must file starting with the second quarter of 2020 was released the evening of June 19 and includes many new lines for reporting data on coronavirus-related employment tax relief. The 18 new lines on the finalized version of the revised...
Continue reading5 Successful Online Learning Tips
If you’re new to online learning, first of all, WELCOME! Learning online is a fantastic way to increase your knowledge and skills in a unique, flexible environment with its own distinct strengths and opportunities. Whether you’re trying online classes for the first time or looking for ways to strengthen your current habits and approaches,...
Continue readingComputer Science Skills You Need Were Just Invented
Computer science isn’t new, but what it looks like is. The computer science skills, languages, libraries, and tools professionals use every day are constantly shifting, now more than ever. It’s a field that demands continuous learning, but that anyone can jump into right away. Opportunity is everywhere and endless. “What makes computer science really interesting...
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In Thoughts & Action. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity Liberty, Equality, Fraternity Been several decades now, but this song is still so relevant IMAGINE Imagine there’s no heavenIt’s easy if you tryNo hell below usAbove us only sky Imagine all the people living for today Imagine there’s no countriesIt isn’t hard to doNothing to kill or...
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