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Export Controls: Reengineering Business Processes Can Improve Efficiency of State Department License Reviews: The U.S defense industry and some foreign government purchasers have expressed concern that the U.S. export control process is unnecessarily burdensome. Specifically, defense industry officials have stated that extended reviews of export license applications by the State Department are resulting in lost sales and are adversely affecting the nation's defense...; Tags: Government Accountability Office, U.S. Department of State, re-engineering, sales; White papers 2001-12-31
Non-Union Shops Face Roadblocks in Providing Employee Benefit Plans: During the past several years there has been a great deal of confusion concerning compliance with New York state prevailing wage regulations, both as they apply to employee benefit plans and to their enforcement by the New York state Department of Labor. The Labor Department has issued a significant change...; Tags: payroll solutions, Benefits, American City Business Journals Inc., employee benefit plan, employee benefit, benefit plan, compliance, benefit; White papers 2002-07-26
U.S. Export Sanctions Applicable Against Countries And End Users: The U.S. maintains export sanctions against various countries and against various end users. These sanctions take the form of export prohibitions and export restrictions. While some of these sanctions apply across the board to all U.S. exports, others have more limited scope and apply only to certain U.S. exports. This...; Tags: sanction, U.S. Department of State, board; White papers 2003-08-01
Some Like It Hot: This article is a case of Jerry Blawat who thought that firing fires was hard work, until he took over the quality department. During his first 10 years in this capacity, Blawat served as a pilot for the Air Operations Division of Aero Union Corp., a leading company in the...; Tags: QCI International, firing, compliance, regulation, quality management, regulatory compliance, industry, manufacturing; Case studies 2003-01-01
New York Enacts Estimated Tax Payment Requirement For Sales Of Real Estate By Nonresidents: The New York personal income tax law has been amended to add Tax Law Section 663, which requires nonresidents to pay estimated personal income tax on the gain, if any, from sales or transfers of real property located in New York State (the “Tax”). The New York State Department of...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, income tax, tax, income, New York, real estate, sales, finance, partnership; White papers 2003-08-01

Protecting the Innocent: The current international terrorist threat, exemplified by al-Qaeda and affiliated groups, has clearly stated a desire to achieve its aims through attacks on western economies. The US State Department estimated that international terrorist attacks against business totalled 1,902 from 1996 to 2001. In the same period, there were only 90...; Tags: Reed Elsevier Inc., Attack, Corporate Insurance, Government, Security, Business Operations; White papers 2005-07-26
Real Estate: Should You Prepay?: You've got some extra cash? Should you invest it or use it to pay down your mortgage? This worksheet gathers the information needed to do this calculation and gives you an answer based on your own investment assumptions. Notice that on Line 2 your mortgage rate is adjusted to reflect...; Tags: Mortgages, mortgage, real estate, tax, bank; Tools & templates 2008-01-01
The Right Way To Spy On Employees: Be honest. We're you really surprised at the revelations that State Department employees took clandestine peeks at the presidential candidate's passport files? I wasn't. I know of a department store credit office where the night shift routinely passes the time by pulling up records of famous customers....; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Blogging, Sean Silverthorne, monitoring; Blog posts 2008-03-28
Global Health: U.S. AIDS Coordinator Addressing Some Key Challenges to Expanding Treatment But Others Remain: The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief PEPFAR, announced January 2003, aims to provide 2 million people with anti-retroviral ARV treatment in 14 of the world's most severely affected countries. In May 2003 legislation established the position of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator in the State Department. This paper basically...; Tags: Government Accountability Office, U.S.; White papers 2004-07-01
Workers' Comp System Improving; Legislative/Regulatory Vigilance Needed to Protect/Enhance Reforms: California employers have been staggering under workers' compensation cost increases. In the four years before the California Chamber of Commerce-supported reforms became law, workers' compensation insurance pure premium rates advisory rates set by the state Department of Insurance had climbed nearly 70 percent. On average, rates had climbed 136 percent...; Tags: worker, compensation, job; White papers 2005-12-23
Integrated Urban Models for Simulation of Transit and Land Use Policies: Guidelines for Implementation and Use: The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ISTEA required metropolitan and statewide transportation plans to be integrated with land use plans. The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA- 21), the 1998 successor to ISTEA, also recognizes the need for consistency in transportation and land-use plans, albeit in...; Tags: National Academy of Sciences, transportation; White papers 2003-05-30
Uranerz Targets Wyoming as Uranium Supplier for Nuclear Power: Racing to become the first uranium company to commence mining operations in Wyoming in more than 25 years, Uranerz Energy Corporation recently announced that the NRC accepted for detailed review the company's application to build and operate an in situ recovery ISR uranium mining facility on the company's Nichols Ranch...; Tags: Nuclear Energy, Wyoming, Restoration, Working Capital, Uranium, Managerial Accounting, Investment, Finance, David Phillips; Blog posts 2008-05-02
Democrats, White House Seek Deal on Fed Nominees: By Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democratic leaders and the White House are trying to reach a deal on two of President George W. Bush's three stalled nominees to the Federal Reserve Board, congressional aides said on Thursday. An initial Democratic proposal...; Tags: aide, Federal Reserve Board, nominee, White House, U.S. Senate, Democrat, Governor, George W. Bush, president, Washington, leader, inflation, negotiation, financial, Thomson Reuters Corp., board; News items 2008-06-26
Getting Ready for Business Overseas: Although technological advances have made business travel less of a necessity, there are still some occasions when being present in person is essential. For example, if you’re attempting to woo a new client or address a difficult issue, an e-mail often just won’t do.This article looks at how getting the...; Tags: BNET Editorial, agent, Internet, photograph, phone, e-mail; Articles 2007-11-19
Is a Good Face Good for Business?: Facial coding, the idea that your expression gives away what you are really thinking, was put forth some 40 years ago by psychologist Paul Ekman . But does it work in business? Can you tell what CEOs really think, just by looking, or are they so carefully trained that...; Tags: Michael Fitzgerald, Paul Ekman; Blog posts 2008-02-26
Entering the Export Market: Exporting products for sale outside the U.S. can be a rewarding way for your small firm to develop and grow. At the same time, it’s important to understand the challenges and risks, which are very different from those in the domestic market.What You Need to KnowWhy do many small businesses...; Tags: small business, export, foreign market; Articles 2007-05-01
Expanding Overseas:The Best Small Markets: Thanks to job growth and newfound political stability, these smaller markets present a big opportunity for U.S. and other western companies to expand. .expansionPic { width:324px; float:right; margin:0px 0 10px 10px; padding:5px 5px 0; background:#edece7; border:1px solid #d4d4d4; } * html .expansionPic { display:inline; margin-top:20px;} ...; Tags: Investment, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, Jennifer Alsever, Vietnam, embargo, job growth, World Bank, gross domestic product, China, venture capital, international business, Third World, capital market, risk assessment, cell phone, investor, entrepreneuri; Articles 2008-04-21
Expanding Overseas: The Best Mid-Size Markets: Relatively stable and foreigner-friendly, these growing mid-size markets offer expansion opportunities in regions less vulnerable to the current global economic slowdown. .expansionPic { width:324px; float:right; margin:0px 0 10px 10px; padding:5px 5px 0; background:#edece7; border:1px solid #d4d4d4; } * html .expansionPic { display:inline; margin-top:20px;} .expansionPic p...; Tags: Jennifer Alsever, Chile, Latin America, international business, gross domestic product, professor, free-trade agreement, risk assessment, U.S., HTML, electronics, survey, income, telecommunications, photograph, cell phone, phone; Articles 2008-04-21