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Internet Association Opens Texas Office And Hires State Government Affairs Southern Region Director

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Hines will also cover Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, which include an additional 1,366,000 American internet sector jobs. The internet sector represents 10.1 percent of the U.S.

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Report: Goodwill Locations Hit By Credit-Card Breach

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The charitable nonprofit group reported evidence that its payment systems were recently attacked and announced an investigation. The duration of the attack is unclear, but there’s evidence that it may have begun about a year ago, Krebs reported. Goodwill has 165 regional headquarters in the U.S.

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Association Blasts Medicare for Paying Unlicensed Prosthetics Providers

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The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) continues to allow unlicensed providers of orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) services to apply for and collect federal payments, despite regulations in at least 15 states prohibiting it, according to a report from the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA). bill in the Works.