Business Researchers Network articles from January 2003

Business Researchers Network archives from January 2003

Japan moves to protect corporate information.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is submitting a bill to Japan's Parliament to revise that country's Unfair Competition Law by imposing criminal charges on the leaking of confidential business information. The move is aimed at...

Benchmarking state-provided online services: http://www.dir.state.tx.us/pubs/txo/2003costbenefit.pdf.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Cost-Benefit Study of Online Services is a newly released 52-page study by the Texas Department of Information Resources, available in pdf form at the above link. The benchmarking study evaluated how placing government services online...

Federal PACs continue to increase: http://www.fec.gov/press/20030114pac_count.html.(political action committees )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The Federal Election Commission's Semi-Annual Federal PAC Count, available at the above link, shows that federally registered political action committees (PACs) increased from 3,865 on July 1, 2002 to 4,027 by January 1, 2003. The report...

Million-dollar car race: no drivers allowed: http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/index.htm.(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host Los Angeles to Las Vegas vehicle race)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host a Los Angeles to Las Vegas vehicle race, next year, for unmanned, autonomous (meaning not even remotely driven) vehicles. The winner takes home $1,000,000, a basketful of...

Multinational supply chain management.(Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development offers guidelines for multinational enterprises on supply chain management)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: Focus on Responsible Supply Chain Management is a newly issued 120-page set of recommendations by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to multinational firms on their...

Live and archieved audio briefings of DOD http://www.defenselink.mil/briefmgs/.(US Department of Defense )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... You can listen to briefings by Department of Defense officials at the above link. Live briefings are scheduled to start each Tuesday and Thursday at 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Eastern time. A wide range of briefings are archived. As example, the...

Transportation-related success stories: http://www.ott.doe.gov/comm_success.shtml.(Department of Energy's Office of Transportation Technologies )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The Department of Energy's Office of Transportation Technologies offers a website, at the above link, that provides transportation-related commercial success stories, each a separate pdf file. Recently updated, the site includes titles...

Energy-Related Legislation in California: http: //www.energy.ca.gov/commission/legislation/2002_legislative-summary.html.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Summary of Energy-Related Legislation: 2002 Legislative Session, available at the above link, describes all energy-related bills in California's 2001-2002 legislative session along with final actions taken by the Governor.

Prompt news of medical product recalls: http://www.recallalert.org.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... For critical information relating to products being recalled in the medical/hospital environment, National Recall Alert Center is a central, non-profit, clearinghouse. Information they release on a regular basis, usually every 7-10 days (since...

Technology news from MIT.(MIT Technology Insider newsletter)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... MIT Technology Insider is a monthly newsletter that focuses on the technologies and companies created through the research labs and facilities of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Included for each new technology are details on...

Bioprospecting in New Zealand: http:// www.med.govt.nz/ers/natres/bioprospecting/discussion/bioprospecting.pdf.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Bioprospecting is the examination of biological resources (plants, animals, micro-organisms, etc.) for features that may be of value for commercial development. These features include chemical compounds, genes and their products, or the...

Social and economic development in China: http://www.adb.org/Documents/ReportsfDevt Mgt PRC/devt_mgt_prc.pdf.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Development Management: Progress and Challenges in the People's Republic of China, 114 pages, is available in pdf form at the above link. Authored by the Asian Development Bank, the report assesses China's economic development management...

Info access training for defense firms.(Defense Technical Information Center to hold training conference)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The Defense Technical Information Center's (DTIC's) 2003 Annual Users Meeting and Training Conference will be held March 31 through April 3 in Arlington, VA. This annual conference for professionals in defense technical research and...

Cutting Dividend and Capital Gains Taxes: http://www.brookings.edu/dybdocroot/views/papers/gale/20030113.pdf.(new paper from Brookings Institution)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... A new paper from The Brookings Institution, available at the above link, focuses on two key aspects, of corporate incentives affected by the tax system: the incentive to shelter corporate income from taxation and the incentive to retain...

Search recent energy R&D projects: https://secure.osti.gov/rd/owa/rd_public.search.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Approximately 22,000 summaries of ongoing or recently completed Department of Energy (DOE) energy, science, and technology research projects can be found with the search engine at the above link. Projects pertaining to DOE activities in...

Overseas experts of the U.S. commercial service.(listed by country)
January 1, 2003... Experts at the U.S. Commercial Service, located in countries throughout the world, are available to help you find markets for your products or services, suppliers, partners, and much more. Often they can provide or steer you to in-print or...

Long-Term Implication Of Defense Plans: http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=4010&sequence=0.(Congressional Budget Office report)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... What would the Administration's funding plans for the Department of Defense (DOD) mean for military forces and budgets over the longer term? To answer this question, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has produced annual projections through...

Information Technology in Distance Education: http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf03305/pdfstart.htm.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The Application and Implications of Information Technologies in Postsecondary Distance Education: An Initial Bibliography is a newly issued report by the Division of Science Resources Statistics, Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic...

Banker's guide to money laundering: http://www.occ.treas.gov/moneylaundering2002.pdf.(A Banker's Guide to Avoiding Problems)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Money Laundering: A Banker's Guide to Avoiding Problems, available in pdf form at the above link, has been recently updated. It discusses how bankers can identify and manage the risks associated with money laundering and terrorist financing....

U.S. navy targets for 2003: http://www.chinfo.navg.mil/navpalib/cno/clarkguidance2003.html.(Achieving Sea Power 21 guidance document)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) has released his annual "guidance" document, outlining U.S. Navy objectives for 2003. Titled Achieving Sea Power 21, it's available at the above link. Among the key strategic objectives set forth by the...

Stay current on medicare & medicaid regs: http://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=cmsqpu&A=1.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services offers an e-mail notification service keeping you informed when items have been added to the CMS Quarterly Provider Update website at...

Free access to thousands of annual reports: http://www.annualreportservice.com/.(Public Register's Annual Report Service)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The Public Register's Annual Report Service, at the above link, offers free online access to thousands of annual reports from listed and NASDAQ companies. Current entries range, alphabetically, from AAON, Inc., and AAR Corporation to Zygo...

Newspapers in Iowa.(with web sites)
January 1, 2003... When seeking company or industry intelligence, local sources are often superior to those of broader scope. And if your target is headquartered, or has facilities in, Iowa, start with one or more of the online newspapers in the following...

Up-to-date alternative fuels industry news: http://www.afdc.doe.gov/whatsnew.shtml.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The "What's New" page of the Alternative Fuels Data Center, at the above link, provides up-to-date news of industry developments relating to alternative fuels and vehicles. Recent entries cover items such as Ford Motor's intent to sell...

Nordic retail food chain mergers: http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200301/145785102.pdf.(Retail Food Sector Report for Sweden and Finland 2002 report)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Retail Food Sector Report for Sweden and Finland 2002, 18 pages, is available at the above link. The report indicates that the ongoing restructuring of the Nordic retail food sector--particularly in Sweden and Finland--is continuing as...

NRC's new search engine: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.(Nuclear Regulatory Commission )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has released an additional search interface for its online Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). It simplifies the process of finding and obtaining publicly available documents...

Jump to the latest in transportation statistics: http://www.bts.gov/whatsnew/index.html.(Bureau of Transportation Statistics)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... If it's the latest in transportation statistics you need, you'll love the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) page at the above link. In chronological order, you'll find the entire BTS collection of released statistics. Covered is the...

Make one stop for FCC documents: http://www.fcc.gov/updates.html.(Federal Communications Commission )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) offers a single source, at the above link, that helps you keep up with the 50 or more files added daily to the FCC web site The web page provides a collection of links that you can use to make sure...

Congress focuses on telemarketing.(new reports by the Congressional Research Service focus on the telemarketing industry)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Two new reports by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) focus on the telemarketing industry. Wireless Privacy: Availability of Location Information for Telemarketing, 10 pages, Order No. RL31636, focuses on whether industry can be...

Mutual fund expense, analyzer: http://www.nasdr.com/fundcalc/expense_analyzers.asp.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) is concerned that many investors are unaware of how much they pay to own mutual funds and that even small differences in fees can result in thousands of dollars in costs over time that could...

Foreign press reports on the U.S.: http://usinfo.state.gov/admin/005/wwwhmenu.html.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Each business day, the U.S. Department of State's Office of Research produces an Issue Focus of foreign media commentary on a major foreign policy issue or related event. They're posted at the above link. These reports provide a global...

Economic status of the Philippines: http://www.adb.org/DocumentsfERD/Working_Papers/wp034.pdf.(Asian Development Bank study)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... A new 34-page study from the Asian Development Bank, Economic Openness and Regional Development in the Philippines, available at the above link, examines how economic openness influences regional development in the Philippines. It looks at the...

Keep up to date on privatization: http://www.afscme.org/private/update/pwnew.htm.(American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees offers Web site)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) tracks privatization news at the above link. The site will keep you informed on the latest activities, problems, and resources in the contracting out of public services....

Return to those thrilling days of yesteryear: http://www.billsparks.org/new/.(Radio programs available free via computer's media player)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... If you're mature enough to earn a senior citizen discount at your favorite fast-food chain, you're among those lucky enough to remember the days when your imagination--rather than the television screen--provided the video to accompany the radio...

U.S. economic forecast for 2003: http: //www.chicagofed.org/publications/fedletter/2003/cfljan2003_185b.pdf.(Summaries of presentations by economists at symposium)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Any Bounce in the Economy in 2003?, available at the above link, summarizes presentations by economists at a recent symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Mine safety strategic plan: FY2003-2008: http://www.msha.gov/MSHAINFO/STRAPLAN/STRAPLAN.PDF.(U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration issues report)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has issued their Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2003-2008, available at the above link. The 45-page report identifies MSHA's results, goals, and performance...

2001 privacy act records now online: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su docs/aces/2001_pa.html.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The 2001 Privacy Act Issuances are now available via GPO Access at the above link. The compilations contain descriptions of federal agency systems of records maintained on individuals, and procedures of federal agencies follow to assist...