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Federal Emergency Management Agency: Factors for Future Success and Issues to Consider for Organizational Placement, by William O. Jenkins, Jr., director, homeland security and justice, before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Full Report GAO-06-746T, and Highlights, May 9, 2006. “The nation’s next major response and recovery challenge, whether natural or man-made, will provide another …
“The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published a Beginners’ Guide to important investment portfolio strategies that is most helpful for the beginner as well as the more advanced investor (and their financial advisers). Why is the guidance so helpful? The SEC finds “magic” in diversification: “By picking the right group of investments, you may …
“Open J-Gate is an electronic gateway to global journal literature in open access domain. Launched in 2006, Open J-Gate is the contribution of Informatics (India) Ltd to promote the Open Access Initiative (OAI). Open J-Gate provides seamless access to millions of journal articles available online. Open J-Gate is also a database of journal literature, indexed …
Crime or Privilege? Leaking Classified Information, by Joan Indiana Rigdon, Washington Lawyer, May 2006. “Public discussion of state secrets has come under attack many times in the past, especially during times of war. But now, as the government tries to wage an increasingly unpopular war against terrorists abroad and suspected terrorists at home, and as …
LA Times: The Fine Art of Legislation Appellation – “If you want your bill to be noticed, a snappy acronym beats S. 1955 any old time.” Related reference: See the LLRX.com monthly column, CongressLine, authored by Paul Jenks.
Yahoo! Tech: reviews, help and how-to advice for buying and using personal electronics BusinessWeek.com: “Yahoo Woos the Tech User – With a new technology channel, the Web portal takes aim at a profitable niche where CNet.com has been a powerful player.”
Press release, April 20, 2006: “The Center for Public Integrity has launched a new “In Your State” tool. Accessible by link from the Center’s home page, the In Your State feature provides easy access to all Center research and analysis on a particular state… users can view the actual disclosure filings of the given state’s …
From the White House: President Nominates General Michael Hayden as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and Fact Sheet: General Michael V. Hayden: the Right Leader for the CIA. And from the press: New York Times: White House Begins Push for C.I.A. Pick AP: Nominee for CIA Chief Hayden Faces a Fight New York Times: …
Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Consideration of Key Principles Needed in Addressing Implementation for Smaller Public Companies, Full Report GAO-06-361, and Highlights, April 13, 2006. “…for smaller public companies (defined in this report as $700 million or less in market capitalization), the cost of compliance has been disproportionately higher (as a percentage of revenues) than for large public …
Building and Implmenting a Successful Information Security Policy, by John J. Pak, May 8, 2006 (25 pages, PDF). See also Current IT: Issues Survey Report, 2006 – Security and Identity Management edges out Funding IT as the top strategic challenge, while Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity reemerges. by Barbara I. Dewey, Peter B. DeBlois, and the EDUCAUSE …
Information Security Series: Security Practices Clean Air Markets Division Business System [Report – PDF, 14 pages] [At a Glance – PDF], May 4, 2006.
Population Displacement and Post Katrina Politics: The New Orleans Primary, by John. R. Logan, Director, American Communities Project, Brown University, April 28, 2006 (22 pages, PDF)