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Insurance & Technology August 12, 2005 Gregg Keizer	ID Theft in Regulatory Spotlight The growing online menace of identity and data theft has resulted in the introduction of another bill to address the problem. The Identify Theft Protection Act is the 10th identity theft bill put into play this session.
Bank Technology News July 2005 Glen Fest	Data Losses: Cardsystems Takes A Bullet After Breach Visa and American Express bid adieu to the processor, unable to forgive the firm for the compromise of customer data and flouting association rules. Was that fair-and is anyone next in the firing line?
IndustryWeek September 1, 2005 Patricia Panchak	Editor's Page -- China's Challenge Redux It's time for U.S. public policy to catch up with Chinese economic, technological and military advances, and U.S. manufacturing executives need to exert some old-fashioned corporate statesmanship to get the process moving.
National Defense September 2005 George N. Grammas	Foreign Investors in U.S. Corporations Navigate Sea of Regulations Investment in the U.S. defense industry is attractive to European and Asian companies, but the complexity of U.S. regulations and bureaucracy too often has the unintended consequence of serving as a protectionist measure.
National Defense September 2005 Grace Jean	Guard Balancing Emerging Roles in Homeland Defense The National Guard continues to expand its missions in support of homeland defense, even as it contends with frequent overseas deployments, equipment shortages and low recruiting levels.
National Defense September 2005 Harold Kennedy	Homeland Security Steps Up Emphasis On Preparedness The Department of Homeland Security and the American Red Cross have declared September to be National Preparedness Month. The DHS has undergone major restructuring under Chertoff, but some are critical of how resources are allocated.
National Defense September 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Move to Merge Air Force, Guard Units Derailed by Base Closures The Defense Department's base-closure recommendations, which would strip the Guard of nearly one-third of its airbases, have so angered state governors and members of Congress that all parties likely will have to go back to the negotiating table.
National Defense September 2005 Harold Kennedy	Reaction Force Grounded? BRAC Said to Threaten Protection for U.S. Capital West Virginia National Guard and political leaders are fighting a Defense Department plan to transfer the state's eight C-130 transport aircraft to Pope Air Force Base, N.C., making it difficult to protect the capital region.
National Defense September 2005 Sandra Erwin	Defense Dept. Rhetoric Reflects War Frustrations Defense officials know so little about the insurgency American troops are combating in Iraq they decided that detailed information about the enemy, such as its strength and capabilities, is not all that important to winning the war.
National Defense September 2005 Harold Kennedy	Mountain Tunnel Prepares Responders to Save Lives The Center for National Response is the showpiece of the West Virginia National Guard's emerging network of military and homeland-security training facilities.
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