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What is it? When will it hit? Why us?

As millions of PC’s have become slowly infected with cornficker, we wait to see the outcome of what many are calling a “digital Pearl Harbor”. Cornficker, a botnet worm first reported last November, sits idly and waits for instructions. What will it do, and when? No one knows, but rumors persist that tomorrow is the big day, and predictions as to what cornficker will do range from total internet meltdown to a major bank account heist. The fact of the matter is, no one knows what will happen or when it will happen.

But there are things you can do now to protect yourself. First, visit Microsoft and get the latest/greatest updates for your operating system. Then, make sure your antivirus is up to date. If you feel you’re infected, you can download Microsoft’s cornficker removal tool.

Here are some handy sites about cornficker:

CNET FAQ on cornficker

Microsoft site on the worm

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When we have legal questions regarding Employment Law, we go to Jackie Shulman at Obermayer, Rebman, Maxwell and Hippel LLP.  Our customers have always found her information to be right on target and useful to HR and Payroll folks.  Let me know if this item on the Fair Pay Act  is helpful to your organization.

http://www.hrmgsolutions.com/whitepapers/Lily-Ledbetter-Fair-Pay-Act-letter.pdf

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This coming Friday, March 27th at 2pm EDT, HRMG Solutions will host a one-hour webcast entitled “Manage the Process…NOT the Paper— doc-link for Sage” presented by Altec. The webcast will be valuable for all Sage Abra users who struggle to automate the process of scanning, storing and retrieving valuable paper documents. Participants will gain basic information on how current technology can help reduce the folw of paper in their own offices. This webcast is part of our monthly “How to do more with Abra” series. Use the following link to register for the webcast.

To register, click here
or
call 800-997-9921 (x1255)

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Pennsylvania launches Recovery site.

In an effort to be more transparent states all across the union are creating individual recovery sites that show how the stimulus plan money is being utilized.  There are still states that do not have sites available but Pennsylvania is on the web.  You can view the states that currently have recovery sites online by visiting recovery.gov.

To see how PA is using money from the ARRA click the image below.

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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), also known as the 2009 Economic Stimulus Plan has many legislative changes.  Several of the provisions will require updates to Sage Abra. The Sage Compliance team has been reviewing the legislation and will take the following action one these items:

1. Changes to the Federal Tax Rate. This will be included in a Service Release that we plan to have available no later then March 6th, 2009 and will also be included in the 1st Quarter Tax Update for 2009.
2. Changes to EIC (Earned Income Credit.) This will also be included in our March 6th Service Release and in the 1st Quarter Tax Update for 2009.
3. Changes to Form 941 updates to accommodate the new COBRA subsidy data on the form. This will be added to Sage Abra in the 1st Quarter Tax Update for 2009.

During the rollout of ARRA, the Compliance team will continue to monitor the requirements to ensure timely and accurate implementation of the new laws as they are finalized and put into effect.

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