This report provides infOlmation on the cost estimates of the security classification program as required by Executive Order 12958, as amended, "Classified National Security lnformation." [t provides statistics and analysis concellling key components of the system from 41 Executive branch agencies. It also contains cost infomlation with respect to industrial security in the private sector as re...

Government mandates to disclose information are a standard response to problems of asymmetric information. We examine recent major U.S. regulations issued between 2008 and 2013 to identify disclosure mandates and look for quantitative assessments of their effectiveness in improving comprehension. We also reviewed the retrospective regulatory review reports of four federal agencies – prepared pu...

prevent introductions from region to region. Meanwhile, the international community has failed to prevent a stream of species from flowing around the world, with the exception of a 1951 agreement to prevent introductions of plant pests. President Clinton's executive order creates a federal interagency Invasive Species Council whose members include the secretaries of state, treasury, defense, th...

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1. Executive summary 2. Introduction 3. Statement of intent 4. Relationships of the UK Renal Registry 5. The role of the UK Renal Registry for patients 6. The role of the UK Renal Registry for nephrologists 7. The role of the UK Renal Registry for trust managers 8. The role of the UK Renal Registry for commissioning agencies 9. The role of the UK Renal Registry in national quality assurance sch...

As is well known, each intelligence agency has developed its own mechanisms for representing data. The resulting stovepipes for transmission pose severe obstacles to the automated integration and management of data, giving rise to problems addressed already in a US Government Executive Order of August 27, 2004, which expressed a mandate to the effect that intelligence agencies must strengthen t...

In the Philippines, several proposals though varied in scope and coverage, seeking to implement a national identification system have been filed in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. Recently, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed Executive Order 420 that requires all government agencies and government-owned and-controlled corporations to harmonize and streamline their identific...

Introduction The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) is a trade association through which the electro-industry develops and promotes positions on standards and government regulations, and members acquire information on industry and market economics. In supporting the NEMA mission as it relates to Cyber Security, our objective in this position statement is to promote the competi...

NOTE: This chapter was largely completed in early 1981 and refers to the food and agricultural system as of that date. Draft copies were made available at that time for congressional committee staff and executive agencies. Some of the report's policy options have already been enacted. The chapter has not been revised to reflect these changes, but the options enacted or in the process of being e...