Our world is a complicated one with many different areas that involve regulation and compliance. Some categories we are all familiar with are EPA, OSHA, and DOT regulations. It's important to keep up with news and legislation proposals. There are also federal regulations such as the corporate governance Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the antiterrorism USA Patriot Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). It's important to understand what's required for your business and industry . There are some common areas that run across different professions as well such as the archiving of e-mail, documenting financial transactions, protecting the confidentiality of certain records and standardizing, storing, retrieving and delivering data. Thanks for looking for regulatory compliance services at our site.
Here's some news on policies, legislation and industry updates discussing IT compliance, HIPAA and other areas:
USDA Unveils Healthier School Meals Rule
Try as it might, the U.S. government has so-far failed to reduce the national obesity rate, but now the Obama administration believes its new requirements for healthier school meals will at least help the nation's 32 million school kids shed their excess pounds.
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USDA Unveils Healthier School Meals Rule originally appeared on About.com US Government Info on Friday, January 27th, 2012 at 04:00:48.
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VA Under Serving Homeless Women Veterans: GAO
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) needs to do more to help homeless women veterans, whose numbers are increasing rapidly as servicemembers return from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
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VA Under Serving Homeless Women Veterans: GAO originally appeared on About.com US Government Info on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 at 04:00:18.
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CDC Also Provides Free Breast Cancer Screening
Neither to condemn nor condone the decision by Susan G. Komen for the Cure to suspend its funding of Planned Parenthood organizations, it should be noted that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), through the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) provides free breast and cervical cancer screening services to low-income, uninsured, and underserved women nationwide.
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CDC Also Provides Free Breast Cancer Screening originally appeared on About.com US Government Info on Friday, February 3rd, 2012 at 18:28:07.
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