But some of the errors were quite serious: the system spit out the wrong fiscal year or did not recognize the organization at all.

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Not reacting appropriately to a data loss incident can have dire fiscal and reputational consequences for any business or organization as seen in numerous high-profile breaches this year.

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Each organization was directed to submit budget requests for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2012 that are five percent and ten percent below their appropriations for the current year.

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Spurred by rising fiscal deficits, the United States and other members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), particularly Germany and France, have been using a variety of methods to clamp down on tax cheats, tax havens and overseas financial centers.

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For example, the outreach could include more emphasis on the need for nations to keep their own fiscal houses in order and, importantly, portray the IMF as an organization that helps nations do so.

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