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Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2012 Ben Comer	Comparing Apples to Broccoli In late March, the Supreme Court debated the merits or lack thereof of the Obama Administration's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Can you match the analogy with the Justice?
National Defense June 2012 Stew Magnuson	Visionaries Foresee Radically Different Military Vehicles The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Adaptive Vehicle Make program seeks to reinvent the way vehicles are designed and built. It is looking to revamp and speed up the entire acquisition process, from the drawing board to the assembly line.
National Defense June 2012 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	New American Oil Boom: Will it Slow DoD's Renewable Energy Momentum? The Defense Department has been focused over two administrations on energy efficiency at the national and defense levels.
National Defense June 2012 Eric Beidel	Biofuels Industry at Crossroads as Military Waits for Lower Prices Military leaders like to say that their aircraft, ships and personnel can't tell the difference between petroleum and biofuel. But their budgets can.
National Defense June 2012 Dan Parsons	Effort to Reduce Battery Weight May Soon Hit Brick Wall Industry and military scientists continue the search for lighter and more efficient batteries, with a renewed focus on reducing loads carried by soldiers that affect their mobility and health.
National Defense June 2012 Dan Parsons	U.S. Remains Dependent on China for Rare Earth Elements The U.S. military is almost completely dependent on China for the rare earth elements that go into everything from batteries to precision-guided bombs, according to a report by the Congressional Research Service.
National Defense June 2012 Eric Beidel	Military Provides Little Clarity For Future of Truck Fleets As wars end and budgets tighten, the Pentagon has begun trying to make sense of the spending spree that was the past decade.
Chemistry World May 11, 2012 Rebecca Trager	Sacked EPA chemist wins job back A senior chemist in the US Environmental Protection Agency, who was fired in 2010 after speaking out about the dangers of the dust at the World Trade Center wreckage following the 11 September 2001 attacks, has won her job back.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2012 Diana Britton	Seasoned Veterans General George S. Patton once said, "You cannot be disciplined in great things and indisciplined in small things." That same philosophy could be applied to being a financial advisor.
Food Processing May 2012 John Rost, Chairman	FDA Affirms Safety of BPA Agency finally rules -- negatively -- on 2008 petition from Natural Resource Defense Council.
National Defense June 2012 Eric Beidel	Researchers Develop Tow Truck for Space Scientists want to launch a robot into space that would remove functioning parts from retired satellites and transport them to a different orbit for continued use.
National Defense June 2012 Eric Beidel	Team Studies How Soldier Loads Affect Perceptions Of Friends, Foes The UMass Amherst team wants to determine how the weight a soldier carries can affect reaction time, visual attention to critical details and the ability to tell the difference between friend and foe.
National Defense June 2012 Eric Beidel	Water Repellent Discovery Could Aid Military A powerful new water repellent may be able to keep water off military uniforms and help ships reduce drag in the water.
National Defense June 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	For Defense Industry, Lure of Shiny Objects Rapidly Fading The erstwhile dependable moneymakers in the defense industry no longer look like safe bets. Big-ticket weapon systems are being delayed, terminated, investigated or mired in endless reviews.
National Defense June 2012 Stew Magnuson	Industry, Space Agencies Seek Ways To Lower Launch Costs In an age of austere federal budgets, the Air Force and National Reconnaissance Office are looking to reduce the spiraling cost of placing their heaviest satellites into space.
National Defense June 2012 Stew Magnuson	Adapter Could Help Air Force Get More Out of Its Launches Moog Space and Defense Group is offering an adapter that can be placed aboard Delta 4 or Atlas 5 rockets.
National Defense June 2012 Stew Magnuson	Pragmatism Driving New Energy Programs On U.S. Military Bases The Defense Department has set lofty goals for its facilities when it comes to renewable energies. It wants to produce 3 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2025, with each service branch kicking in one more gigawatt.
National Defense June 2012 Tom Price	Solar Energy at Military Bases, Once Too Expensive, Is Now Within Easy Reach The Defense Department's energy mandates are as clear as they are difficult to reach: Procure at least 25 percent of facility energy from renewable resources by 2025.
National Defense June 2012 Kerner & Thomas	Efficiency and Conservation Not Enough to Achieve Energy Security The Defense Department has a choice: Continue to exclusively chase efficiency and conservation, or direct resources toward building resilience.
National Defense June 2012 Dan Parsons	Vehicles Strut Their Stuff in Desert Trials The evaluation of non-developmental vehicles is part of a larger analysis of alternatives mandated by the Defense Department to ferret out available commercial technologies that might fit the bill for variants of the Ground Combat Vehicle.
National Defense June 2012 Stew Magnuson	Border Patrol to Stand Pat When it Comes to New Technologies The dream that a virtual fence on the U.S. southern border would spot every illegal migrant and drug smuggler appears to be officially dead.
National Defense June 2012 Stew Magnuson	DHS Bomb Prevention Program Sees Uptick in Users After seeing a stagnant number of users for the first four years, a Department of Homeland Security webportal designed to share information on improvised explosive devices is finally beginning to grow, a representative of the TRIPwire program said.
National Defense June 2012 Stew Magnuson	Chemical, Biological Detectors to Improve First Responder Reaction Two companies are working to cut down the amount of time it takes hazardous material response teams and hospitals to understand what threat they are facing.
Registered Rep. May 4, 2012 David A. Geracioti	Von Aldo: Americans Paying More in Taxes Than for Food, Clothing, and Shelter Relative to the basic cost of living, taxes have increased considerably in recent decades.
National Defense June 2012	Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Anti-Armaments Movement... Green Energy... Defense Budget Cuts...
Information Today May 3, 2012 Paula J. Hane	Online Consumer Privacy in the Spotlight Choose Privacy Week is being held May 1-7, 2012. The theme is "Freedom from Surveillance." The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom established Choose Privacy Week to deepen public awareness about this issue. The event is timely with many privacy issues like CISPA in the news.
Registered Rep. May 2, 2012 Juliette Fairley	Treasury Considers Floaters Amid Heavy Skepticism Treasury Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Mary Miller said in her quarterly refunding statement today that she believes there are benefits to issuing floating rate notes and is studying the "optimal terms."
Financial Advisor May 2012 Joel P. Bruckenstein	Optimizing Social Security When is the best time to start taking benefits? New software helps answer that question.
Financial Advisor May 2012 Donald B. Trone	Discernment And Right Versus Wrong Reforming the flawed corporate ethos of Goldman Sachs or implementing a fiduciary standard, codes and regulations won't be enough to provide the best outcome.
Financial Advisor May 2012	The Growing Threat Of Financial Fraud According to the Federal Trade Commission, Americans last year submitted more than 1.5 million complaints about financial fraud and other types of scams -- a 62% jump from three years ago.
National Defense June 2012 Fred Lewis	Looking Back at Last 16 Years as NTSA President As the nation's wars overseas recede into history and our troops return home, the reliance on the capabilities that modeling and simulation technologies can provide will significantly increase on the part of the Department of Defense.
National Defense June 2012	NDIA Joins Mission-Critical STEM conference The United States needs a work force skilled in science, technology, engineering and math, and a notable group of companies and organizations is uniting to ensure that the nation gets the message.
Financial Planning May 1, 2012 Mike Byrnes	SEC, Un-liked Regulators should acknowledge that there's been a revolution, then take a fresh look at industry regulations and make appropriate revisions. Like it or not, the SEC should catch up with the times and reverse its stance on likes.
Financial Planning May 1, 2012 Jennifer Woods Burke	Gotcha! Audits Get Tougher This year, the SEC and FINRA launched a webinar for firms detailing their expectations and reaffirming that whether a firm is large or small, regulators expect the same level of diligence when it comes to audits.
Financial Planning May 1, 2012 Ed Slott	Newfangled Annuities A new tool has been proposed to help their clients manage the pace of distributions from their retirement accounts and to ease their fears about outliving their life expectancy. In February, the IRS released proposed regulations about the establishment of "qualified longevity annuity contracts."
On Wall Street May 1, 2012 John D'Antona Jr.	Seeking a More Livable Volcker Rule Big banks and broker-dealers are seeking changes to the Volcker rule that will make it easier for them to comply with its requirements and still allow them to execute for their clients.
CRM May 2012 Leonard Klie	White House Unveils Blueprint for a Privacy Bill of Rights Proposed legislation is a first step in the process to strengthen online consumer protections.
CRM May 2012 Judith Aquino	Vermont Gets a Boost in Organ Donor Registrants Social Life helps state harness the power of social media.
IEEE Spectrum May 2012 Mark Anderson	E-mail Isn't Killing the Post Office Revenues at the U.S. Post Office are doing just fine, thank you
Information Today April 30, 2012	Scout -- A New Free Alert System for Government Information Sunlight Labs introduced Scout, a free alert system for the things you care about in state and national government. It covers Congress, regulations across the whole executive branch, and legislation in all 50 states.
National Defense June 2012 David T. Hickey	Small Business Compliance Issues Receive Increased Scrutiny The president and his administration, lawmakers, prosecutors, inspectors general, auditors, reporters, whistleblowers, company compliance officers, and industry watchdogs all seek to identify and eliminate fraud, waste and abuse from federal programs.
Chemistry World April 27, 2012 Rebecca Trager	EPA names new science adviser EPA administrator Lisa Jackson revealed that Glenn Paulson will 'soon begin' his new job in a 24 April announcement.
Registered Rep. April 25, 2012 Kristen French	Due Diligence: Long Awaited SRO Legislation Stirs the Pot The long-awaited and much-debated SRO bill provoked heated reactions from state securities regulators and investment advisor groups.
Food Processing April 2012 Dave Fusaro	Editor's Plate: Colorado's Cottage Foods Act Is it an incubator for entrepreneurship or a recipe for disaster?
Information Age April 10, 2012 Pete Swabey	Rabobank International simplifies the burden of SOx How the global arm of the Dutch financial services giant is cutting the administrative burden of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance with identity and access governance
Information Today April 23, 2012 Miriam A. Drake	Federal Depository Library Program: Legislative Issues The program is the subject of a report released by the Congressional Research Service: "Federal Depository Library Program: Issues for Congress" that includes a brief history of the program and a discussion on some key issues.
Registered Rep. April 20, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Regulator Burdens Prompt Florida Bank B/D to Form Own Hybrid RIA Expecting more cumbersome regulations and greater scrutiny of the industry, the head of a small Florida broker/dealer left its affiliation with a community bank in favor of starting an independent hybrid RIA -- and took half his staff with him.
Fast Company May 2012 Lindsey Kratochwill	Four Community Initiatives For Urban Food Deserts, When Supermarkets Fail Low-income urban areas are frequently declared "food deserts" -- areas lacking access to supermarkets and nutritious food, requiring intervention from urban planners.
Information Today April 19, 2012	New Multimedia Tools Help Museums, Libraries Support 21st Century Skills The Institute of Museum and Library Services revamped the webpage for its Museums, Libraries, and 21 st Century Skills initiative. Museums and libraries visiting the page will now be able organize 21 st-century skills workshops in their communities.
IndustryWeek April 18, 2012	Setting the Safety Standard Is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration gearing up for a major expansion of its standards-setting power?
Chemistry World April 16, 2012 Anthony King	Voluntary controls on antibiotics on US farms criticized The US Food and Drug Administration has announced new guidelines to curb the use of antibiotics in livestock. But its decision to opt for purely voluntary measures has drawn criticism from many experts.
CFO April 15, 2012 Sarah Johnson	The SEC Wants a Raise The agency's FY2013 budget request meets resistance in Congress.
CFO April 15, 2012 Marielle Segarra	Online Retailers Feel the Heat States are pressuring online retailers to collect sales taxes, and a federal statute may not be far behind.
CFO April 15, 2012 Marielle Segarra	Apply These Breaks Small and midsize companies shouldn't overlook these tax incentives for research and development, exports, and energy efficiency.
National Defense May 2012	AFEI Presents Enterprise Architecture Achievement Awards The office of the Defense Department's deputy chief information officer, in conjunction with the Association for Enterprise Information, announced the winners of the fifth DoD Enterprise Architecture Achievement Awards Program.
National Defense May 2012 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Budget Pressures Beg for a Serious Look at Overhauling Acquisition System Perhaps it is time to go back to the future by doing things the way we did them in the past, when the chiefs and the military leadership were deeply involved in all aspects of equipping the service -- in requirements, in budgeting for equipping and training.
Chemistry World April 13, 2012 Rebecca Trager	Confusion reigns over EPA green chemistry stance Earlier this month, the EPA suddenly cancelled two grant programs worth a total of $20 million, which would have funded four new green chemistry centers. But just five days later it announced that it would be accepting grant applications this summer after all.
National Defense May 2012 Berteau & Murdock	Defense Department Must Prepare for Deeper Budget Cuts The post-election bargaining over taxes and government spending will be intense and hard-fought. The Defense Department needs to make it clear to all the players what the real consequences for the nation's security are of ill-considered, deep cuts to a defense budget that is already on the decline.
National Defense May 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Too Much Information, Not Enough Intelligence The Defense Department over the last decade has built up an inventory of billions of dollars worth of spy aircraft and battlefield sensors. Those systems create avalanches of data that clog military information networks and overwhelm analysts.
National Defense May 2012 Dan Parsons	Companies Seek Profits In Fee-For-Service Surveillance Aircraft Airborne surveillance has become so popular that even countries that can't afford their own platforms are scrambling to acquire the capability.
National Defense May 2012 Dan Parsons	Commanders Feel Deficiency as Wars Hog Surveillance Platforms The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have proven the efficacy of airborne surveillance as a military tool. The conflicts have also hogged almost all of the U.S. military's manned and unmanned surveillance platforms, to the detriment of combatant commanders elsewhere.
National Defense May 2012 Eric Beidel	U-2, Global Hawk Advocates Square Off in Budget Battle Today, more airmen train to fly drones than bombers and fighter jets. But at least one part of that transition from manned to unmanned aviation is on hold.
National Defense May 2012 Stew Magnuson	Inspector General Sounds Alarm on Coast Guard's Risky Fast Response Cutter Program Faced with mounting pressures to replace its rapidly aging 110-foot ships, the Coast Guard embarked on an accelerated program to build a new fleet of Fast Response Cutters.
National Defense May 2012	Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Readers comment on stories that dealt with unconventional warfare and rail guns.
National Defense May 2012 Stew Magnuson	Changes on the Horizon For Special Operations Command as Force Grows No one in the White House or Pentagon is talking about cutting the ranks of special operators. They number about 66,000 personnel now, and the goal to reach 70,000 will not change.
National Defense May 2012 Dan Parsons	Special Operations Boost Demand for Helicopters Special operations forces have a dedicated fleet of tricked-out helicopters at their disposal, but as their workload grows, they are increasingly reliant on conventional aircraft to get their jobs done.
National Defense May 2012 Eric Beidel	Special Ops Trucks: More Punch in Smaller Packages When enemies began blowing up bombs hidden along convoy routes in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military responded by beefing up trucks with unprecedented amounts of armor.
National Defense May 2012 Stew Magnuson	Regulatory, Technological Hurdles Stand In Way of Domestic Drone Mandate If Congress gets its way, by Sept. 30, 2015, unmanned aerial vehicles will be seamlessly flying in national airspace alongside passenger jets, military aircraft and single-prop general aviation Pipers.
Registered Rep. April 10, 2012 Conrad Teitell	Trusts & Estates: Washington Legislative Climate for Charitable and Estate Planning How can you advise clients when the Washington legislative tax climate is foggy? And sometimes the fog lifts retroactively.
Food Processing April 2012 Melissa Jones	California's Proposition 65 Applies to All Food Processors Any food and beverage manufacturer who sells products in California can be sued.
Chemistry World April 4, 2012 Rebecca Trager	FDA backs use of BPA in food packaging The US Food and Drug Administration says there is insufficient scientific evidence to ban bisphenol A in food packaging.
American Journal of Nursing April 2012 Kit S. Devine	The Underutilization of Emergency Contraception Despite the availability of effective contraceptive methods, unintended pregnancy continues to be a significant health problem for women throughout the world and in the United States.
Information Today April 2, 2012	Complete 1000 Human Genomes Data Free on the Web Amazon Web Services, LLC and the U.S. National Institutes of Health released the largest catalog of human genetics to the cloud.
Financial Advisor March 2012	Income Gap Widest In Republican-Leaning States The gap between the rich and poor in the U.S. has been concentrated most heavily across a large swath of the South and was least apparent in the Midwest.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2012 Suzanne D. Reifman	Gov't Issues What should owners know about federal tenants?
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