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Out On The Carpet: Confronting Our Organizational Challenges
So what is an organization that wants better results to do? While projects continue to get larger, the challenges of managing them consistently grow with them. The underlying problems are remarkably consistent across organizations, and the recommendations that typically get proposed are also fairly widely agreed to as being reasonable....
Tags: Government, Vertical industries, information technology
White papers 2006-02-15
Assured Communications and Information Sharing: Serving the Public, Protecting the Nation
This document details consensus recommendations on practical initiatives in information sharing and assured communications. These recommendations have ready implications for organizations seeking to impact the nation's security and also the ongoing operations of their own enterprises in the event of an emergency. It attempts to identify an information-sharing and assured...
Tags: collaboration, security
White papers 2005-06-08
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: Recommendations for Higher Education
This report addresses recommendations of the National Association of College and University Business Officers NACUBO with respect to issues raised by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Act. While the Act does not apply to institutions of higher education or other public or not-for-profit entities, the concerns it covers are universal....
Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Financial accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, corporate responsibility, accountability, board, financial
White papers 2003-11-20

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Jet Gold Adds Area to Naskeena Coal Property
Robert L. Card, President, Jet Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE: JAU) ("Jet Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has applied to the British Columbia Department of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources for an additional coal license adjoining its present coal tenures. This coal license is located...
Articles 2008-07-16
TSA Announces Security Recommendations for Motor Carriers
The Transportation Security AdministrationTSA today announced a set of security recommendations for thetransportation of certain quantities of hazardous materials across thenation's highways. The recommendations -- while voluntary -- will help to ensure the securetransportation of potentially dangerous materials that could cause asignificant impact if used in an act of terrorism....
Articles 2008-07-16
Mercer Advises Federal Policymakers on Defined Contribution Retirement Issues
Testimony Provided to ERISA Advisory Council Working Groups and Senate Committee on Aging NEW YORK -- Two Mercer consultants are among the witnesses testifying today before the ERISA Advisory Council's Working Group on Spend Down of Defined Contribution Assets at Retirement, following a third Mercer consultant's testimony yesterday...
Articles 2008-07-16
As kids get older, they drop the ball on exercise
The amount of exercise children in the USA get each day drops dramatically from ages 9 to 15, according to one of the largest studies ever done on the activity levels of children. In fact, fewer than one-third of 15-year-olds get 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical...
Articles 2008-07-16
Fitness lags as kids grow up
CHICAGO -- One of the largest studies of its kind shows just how sluggish American children become once they hit the teen years: While 90 percent of 9-year-olds get a couple of hours of exercise most days, fewer than 3 percent of 15-year-olds do. What's more, the...
Articles 2008-07-16
US launches civilian rapid response force for world hotspots
WASHINGTON AFP — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice launched Wednesday a civilian rapid response force to help stabilize and rebuild parts of the world ravaged by armed conflict. Armed with lessons from places like Afghanistan, an inter-agency corps of diplomats, engineers, health officials, agronomists and others has...
Articles 2008-07-16
Kelyniam Receives Government Research Grant
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Kelyniam Global, Inc. (OTCBB:KLYG), an advanced Engineering and Rapid Prototyping Company proudly announces today that the Company has received a research grant of $50,000.00 from the State of Connecticut through the Department of Economic and Community Development DECD. After six months of review and research into...
Articles 2008-07-16
ISS Recommends Vote for Acquisition of Safeco by Liberty Mutual
SEATTLE -- Safeco Corporation (NYSE:SAF), today announced that ISS Governance Services ISS has published its report recommending that Safeco shareholders vote "FOR" the proposal to approve the agreement and plan of merger previously agreed to between Safeco and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company at Safeco's Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be...
Articles 2008-07-16
Proxy Advisory Firm RiskMetrics/ISS Recommends That Zarlink Shareholders Reject the Dissident Nominees
Zarlink Semiconductor (NYSE: ZL)(TSX: ZL) today issued the following statement in response to a report by RiskMetrics Group/ISS Governance Services ("RiskMetrics") regarding the election of directors at the Company's 2008 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders on July 23, 2008 ("the Meeting"). As previously issued, independent proxy advisory firms Glass,...
Articles 2008-07-15
Two Independent Advisory Services Recommend Shareholders Vote "FOR" Zarlink's Slate of Directors
Zarlink Semiconductor (NYSE: ZL)(TSX: ZL) today announced that independent proxy advisory company PROXY Governance, Inc. has recommended that its clients vote FOR the reelection of Zarlink's slate of nominees for the Board of Directors and reject the five individuals nominated by Scott Leckie, Daniel Owen and David Banks ("the Leckie...
Articles 2008-07-15
A. Schulman Proposes to Enhance Corporate Governance by Declassifying Its Board Structure to Eliminate Staggered Terms of Directors
AKRON, Ohio, July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A. Schulman, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has unanimously recommended to propose at its 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders an amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to declassify its board structure. Currently, the Company's Board of Directors...
Articles 2008-07-14
Fed calls for new regulatory powers
WASHINGTON -- The nation's top economic officials urged Congress on Thursday to give them new regulatory tools to better protect the country from economic and financial havoc if a major Wall Street firm were to fail. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson made...
Articles 2008-07-11
ISS Recommends EDS Stockholders Vote for Merger Agreement With Hewlett-Packard
PLANO, Texas, July 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EDS today announced that ISS Governance Services ISS has published its report recommending that EDS stockholders vote FOR the proposal to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger under which EDS would be acquired by Hewlett-Packard Company. The company's special stockholders meeting...
Articles 2008-07-11
S.L. airport director part of task force
The American Association of Airport Executives has created an energy/air service task force to address the transforming landscape in air service related to higher fuel prices. Maureen Riley, executive director of the Salt Lake City International Airport, and 70 other airport executives have been asked by the...
Articles 2008-07-10
Research and Markets: The Latest Edition of the Hazardous Chemicals Desk Reference: Featuring New Chemical Entries and Government Agency Standards
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/902559/hazardous_chemical) has announced the addition of the "Hazardous Chemicals Desk Reference, 6th Edition" report to their offering. This 6th edition of the report offers: - A "safety profile" of 5000 of the most important hazardous chemicals. - Features...
Articles 2008-07-10
Tax protester who aided feds gets 14 months
A former tax protester turned government cooperator who helped the feds dismantle an organization that sold bogus tax trusts was sentenced yesterday to 14 months in a federal prison for conspiracy to defraud the IRS. Wayne Rebuck, 59, of central Pennsylvania, was director of operations for the Texas-based Commonwealth Trust...
Articles 2008-07-10
Proxy Governance Recommends Grey Wolf Stockholders Vote for the Merger with Basic Energy Services
HOUSTON -- Grey Wolf, Inc. (AMEX:GW) today announced that Proxy Governance, Inc., a leading independent proxy voting advisory firm, has recommended that Grey Wolf stockholders vote in favor of the proposed merger with Basic Energy Services, Inc. at the upcoming Special Meeting of Stockholders scheduled for July 15, 2008. As...
Articles 2008-07-09
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