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Inter-jurisdictional Cooperation: A Case Study on Cyber Crime
Attorney General Shurtleff quotes the U.S. General Accounting Office as estimating about 750,000 Internet fraud complaints nationally in 2002, at a loss of over $1 thousand-million. Shurtleff acknowledges that even one person with evil intent can cause untold millions of dollars in damages. Recently, Shurtleff was appointed by the National...
Tags: prosecutor, Internet
Case studies
Business Travelers Poorly Prepared for Emergencies
What steps should you take if you lose your corporate credit card or passport while traveling on business? Or how about if you're the target of a violent crime? Emergencies happen -- and we're not talking about flying with a colicky baby onboard or having to sit through an in-flight...
Tags: SECURITY, Lori Deschene
Blog posts 2007-07-27
Guide To Starting A Home-Based Business
While taking the initiative to start your own business is a huge step in your career management, there is a great deal of free and inexpensive assistance available to you worldwide. However, one area that isn't covered by any of this available information is the specific concerns a diplomatic spouse...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, career, income
White papers 2006-03-10
Financial Audit: Restatements to the Department of State's Fiscal Year 2003 Financial Statements
This document consists of a report which basically reviews four key areas with respect to the restatements of State's fiscal year 2003 financial statements: the nature and cause of the errors that necessitated the restatements ; the timing of communicating the material misstatement to users of the financial statements; the...
Tags: Financial statements, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, Government Accountability Office, restatement, financial statement, misstatement, audit, financial, agency
White papers 2005-09-20
Environmentalism Made Feasible
Running restaurants is an alluring business proposition for many. But what does that have to do with environmental conservation? Doing something for the cause of environment that revolves around restaurants is not everybody?s cup of tea. This paper introduces Ritu Primlani, Oakland, California-based nonresident Indian and founder of the nonprofit...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, conservation, environmentalism, environment
White papers 2005-04-01
Wheelchairs, Durable Medical Equipment, and Supplies: Billing Instructions
This document is centrally focused on the Medical Assistance Administration's MAA Wheelchair Durable Medical Equipment DME Program that makes accessible to eligible MAA clients the purchase and/or rental of medically necessary DME equipment and supplies when they are not included in other reimbursement methodologies. The federal government deems DME and...
Tags: HEALTHCARE, medical equipment, Medicaid, billing
White papers 2003-10-01
Risk Communication for Sooner Spring and Beyond
Risk Communicating with the public, the media and other health and emergency response organizations becomes a critical role during a confirmed or potential threat situation. Utilizing the tools of risk communication during a public health emergency will help local administrators communicate effectively the related risk to the public. The following...
Tags: SECURITY, Advertising & Promotion, HEALTHCARE, emergency response, public health, risk, health care, tool
White papers 2003-01-01
Knowledge Management/Transfer
From the executive summary: ‘As public organizations prepare for the potential mass departure of valuable staff, they are looking towards preserving the knowledge that seasoned employees have amassed. Organizations have been downsizing through hiring freezes, retirements, and other turnover. The employees left behind, meanwhile, are bombarded with more information, as...
Tags: Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, knowledge, hiring, downsizing, workforce
White papers 2002-11-01
Employee Retention
Until a few years ago, most companies were boasting of their talented staff and increased productivity. However, today, the scenario has changed. The reality of inability of companies to retain employees is sinking in gradually. Hence, it is important for organizations to devise an effective Employee Retention Program ERP. Experts...
Tags: environment
White papers 2002-09-01
Focus: Accessing Oil Spill Damage
The paper discusses about Oil spills that pose serous threats to marine and freshwater ecosystems. A spill can harm plankton, birds, and mammals. Fish and shellfish larvae are extremely sensitive to even small amounts of oil. Sea otters and other mammals lose their insulation when coated with oil. They suffer...
Tags: Vertical industries, health care, environment
White papers 2002-03-27
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

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Daily Press Briefing
12/27/2000 Daily Press Briefing  The State Department web site below is a permanent electronic archive of information released prior to January 20, 2001.  Please see www.state.gov for material released since President George W. Bush took office on that date.  This site is not updated so external links...
Articles 3900-12-27
Daily Press Briefing
12/20/2000 Daily Press Briefing  The State Department web site below is a permanent electronic archive of information released prior to January 20, 2001.  Please see www.state.gov for material released since President George W. Bush took office on that date.  This site is not updated so external links...
Articles 3900-12-20
Coming to America
Uniformed personnel from one of the "Axis of Evil" nations have arrived deep inside the heart of "the Great Satan" and are preparing their forces to engage foreign opposition. That's one scary, keep-clicking-on-the-Drudge-Report-for-updates way of looking at it. Another less-tense-sounding way? ...
Articles 2008-07-17
Mongeon Named CEO of Agility DGS
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Dan Mongeon was named CEO of Agility Defense & Government Services DGS, the company that supplies most of the food for U.S. troops in Iraq and Kuwait and provides logistics services to the U.S. military, the State Department, the United Nations and other customers. Mongeon,...
Articles 2008-07-16
Press Briefing by Dana Perino
WASHINGTON -- James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:39 P.M. EDT MS. PERINO: I just realized I have nothing to start with. (Laughter.) Q We could start with Iran, the U.S. meeting with the Iranian envoy. You said today that was a one-time U.S....
Articles 2008-07-16
Tooele, Washington counties rank high in job opportunities
CNNMoney.com has named Tooele County as first and Washington County as fifth in the United States for job opportunities in the current economy. Job growth in Tooele County from 2000 to 2007 was 123.35 percent, thanks to scientific, technical and service jobs. Top employers are the U.S....
Articles 2008-07-15
Eaton Vance Chief Economist Available for Commentary On Consumer Price Index Report
BOSTON -- WHO: Robert B. MacIntosh, Chief Economist for Eaton Vance Corp., will be available tomorrow, July 16, for commentary on the upcoming Consumer Price Index report. WHAT: The Consumer Price Index Report issued by the U.S. Department of Labor is being released on 7/16/08. WHERE:...
Articles 2008-07-15
21st Century Systems Inc.'s HiRSA Technology Selected for Jordan Border Security Program
OMAHA, Neb. -- 21st Century Systems, Inc. (21CSI) today announced that its state-of-the-art High Resolution Situational Awareness (HiRSA[TM]) software system will provide the surveillance and situational awareness information technology backbone for the end-to-end Jordan Border Security Program for which DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:DRS) was recently selected. In May 2008, it...
Articles 2008-07-15
Joint Jordanian-Israeli Delegation to Discuss Trade Relations in Washington
WASHINGTON -- An official joint Jordanian-Israeli delegation will meet this week with representatives from the office of the United States Trade Representative, Department of State, Department of Commerce, as well as Members of Congress and their staffs to promote the expansion and strengthening of the trilateral United States-Jordan-Israel trade relationship....
Articles 2008-07-15
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