Per the Kiplinger letter:

Did you know that marketers are using cross-device tracking to learn all about you? They connect and track every Internet enabled gadget that you and others use every day. Because of this tracking Uncle Sam is considering possible regulations.

The Feds want to stop another new marketing tactic: The Federal Trade Comm. has issued cease-and-desist letters to app developers that are using your smart phone to pick up sounds, inaudible to humans, emitted by TV ads. The detailed personal tracking comes without the viewer’s knowledge or consent.

Kiplinger Tax Letter:

The IRS’s response time on correspondence from taxpayers is dismal. Last Year, it exceeded its 30 to 45 day goal in half the cases, according to Treasury inspectors. So taxpayers who have filed amended returns are seeing their requested refunds delayed. Others who have sent in documents to resolve their tax disputes keep getting erroneous notices from the agency. And victims of identity theft are waiting months for IRS to address their problems.