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Strengthening Education Institutions: How ERC Helped Maintain Staff

Cherry Bekaert

Challenge: The COVID-19 pandemic created an ever-changing environment, where state and local governments across the US struggled to find a balance between keeping citizens safe and keeping the wheels in motion. Due to COVID-19 government mandates, this income was significantly reduced.

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PwC Is Allegedly Looking to Sell Off Its Poisoned Government, Education and Healthcare Practice

Going Concern

Australian Financial Review is reporting today that PwC Australia may be in talks with private equity to sell off its poisoned government, education and healthcare practice. The tax scandal has destroyed the firm’s existing engagements and brought the issue of government overreliance on outside consultants to the mainstream.

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Cybersecurity in Education: Regulations, Incidents, and Practical Considerations

Cherry Bekaert

However, public education is highly budget-constrained, with the bulk of funding going to teacher salaries. Protecting educational information, though, is one place where Federal privacy and cybersecurity regulations are strong and uniform across the U.S. Learning Objectives: Learn about some of the cyberattacks going on now.

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Integrating Experience and Education is One Way to Ease the Accountant Shortage at Least a Little

Going Concern

A partnership between PwC and Saint Peter’s University in Jersey City, the program essentially trades that 5th year of education for experience in the field, a win-win for both students and firms. “I’m all for figuring out a way to formalize one year of work experience tied in with their education,” Mehta said.

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Flywire Teams With Brazilian Education And Travel Group

PYMNTS

Vertical payments firm Flywire has partnered with BELTA, the Brazilian Educational & Language Travel Association, in a move that grows the availability of its cross-border payment services for students from Brazil who are studying in other countries. 7) announcement. 7) announcement. We’re very pleased to be partnering with them.”.

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ACCA comments as Government acts to back small businesses and tackle late payments

Accounting Insight

Following the government announcement ACCA has made the following statement. ACCA has today welcomed Government proposals to back small businesses and tackle late payments. However additional action, such as continued education, will be required until new legislation can be put in place.

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Case Study: Transforming Government Recruitment with AI-Powered Resume Management

Withum

About t he Client A large US-based professional services firm specializing in government project recruitment. The client needed to streamline their recruiting process, reduce manual data entry and ensure data security, especially when dealing with sensitive government projects. Download a PDF of this case study.