Data After Revamp: Sex, Beer, and Coding

Barbarians

They do not come with furred caps
Smelling of maresmilk, scimitared,
Dour, as tellable as kites.

They live quietly next door,
Speak almost the same language,
Wear almost the same clothes.

Inside the walls. But

Do not think they lack

Precisely the same intentions.

John Fowles, 1973

from Poems, John Fowles

One learning from the Russia hacking indictments: The leaks may have been timed to sow discord at the DNC.

Vox

Authoritarian regimes are becoming more oppressive, and the world is seeing a rise of strongmenleaders in countries where it was thought democracy was taking hold.

Strongmen Die, but Authoritarianism Is Forever 

12 Russian Agents Indicted in Mueller Investigation - The New York Times

Twelve Russians charged with US 2016 election hack

You Could Be Denied a Passport if You Have Unpaid Taxes Afar

HMRC seeks new access to taxpayers’ bank accounts FT

Greenberg, Mark and Litman, Harry, Trump’s Corrupt Use of the Pardon Power (June 25, 2018). LAWFARE (JUNE 19, 2018); UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 18-25. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3202408

  Sex, Beer, and Coding: Inside Facebook’s Wild Early Days Wired

Via POGO Informs Treasury – Federal Spending Site Still Lacks Data After Revamp BGOV: “…A recently revamped federal website designed to make contract spending information publicly accessible is plagued with major data gaps, a watchdog group reports. A new version of the Treasury Department-run USAspending.gov, officially launched March 2, was designed to remedy missing or faulty information on federal contract awards and executive compensation. The site was re-launched under the DATA Act, the law passed in 2014 to make federal expenditures more transparent. Yet eight of the 97 agencies the website tracks are late in reporting DATA Act spending information—including the Defense Department, which is almost a year behind in its submissions, according to a June 28 letter from the Project on Government Oversight, a Washington-based nonpartisan, independent government watchdog. Other government programs have submitted very few spending records or none, according to the group…”See POGO: “As advocates for government openness, the Project On Government Oversight fully supports the work of the Treasury Department (Treasury), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and other federal agencies in updating USAspending.gov and providing the public with robust access to federal spending data

How do kleptocrats spend the money? FCPA Blog

Ultimate & Yammer – When social media meets HR

 

• EU watchdog criticizes Malta for anti-money laundering shortcomings
  (13 Jul 2018)
• Serena Williams Is Back - And Will Pay A Hefty UK Tax  (13 Jul 2018)
• Taxing the Intangible Economy
    (13 Jul 2018) 
  
• World's Biggest Corporate Tax Haven? It's No Paradise Island  (13 Jul 2018)
• Is the UK going to become the EU's tax collector? (13 Jul 2018)
  
• Arrest warrant issued for Eurasian Resources Group CEO - ongoing corruption investigation  (13 Jul 2018)
• Danish pension fund freezes investment in Danske Bank over money laundering scandal  (13 Jul 2018)
• High stakes as Gaucho races towards sale to pay HMRC tax demand  (13 Jul 2018)
  
• Europol: Police Dismantle Money-Laundering Ring  (13 Jul 2018)
• HMRC: At 31 March 2018, there were over 25,000 tax appeals on hand in the FTT (13 Jul 2018)
• HMRC publishes more information on Making Tax Digital  (13 Jul 2018)
  
• The Tories let Brexit divide and polarise our society. Now they must face the consequences
    (12 Jul 2018)
• Nevis: how the world's most secretive offshore haven refuses to clean up  (12 Jul 2018)
  
• Freelance workers to pay £1bn in tax after scheme clampdown  (12 Jul 2018)
• Time to 'definitively address' Ireland's tax haven reputation  (12 Jul 2018)
  
• Tax dodgers and fudgers cost Australia Federal Government $8.7 billion in a year  (12 Jul 2018)
• Linking Beneficial Ownership Transparency to Improved Tax Revenue Collection in Developing Countries (12 Jul 2018)
• Uganda social media tax to be reviewed  (12 Jul 2018)
• UK's renters face squeeze as tax reforms shrink supply of homes  (12 Jul 2018)
• Changes to the taxation of UK real estate held by non-residents  (12 Jul 2018)
• Closing Africa's Tax Revenue Gap  (12 Jul 2018)
  
• UK MP: 'Ending Tax Secrecy Will Bring In £10B'
    (11 Jul 2018)
• The staggering rise of India's super-rich
    (11 Jul 2018)