Topic: Philip Howard

Voice of the People for Nov. 30, 2010

Freedom isn't what teachers lack. . Brooklyn: Philip K. Howard's "Free the teachers" (Op-Ed, Nov. 28) was, at best, disappointing to this teacher...

End Of Child's Play

Overlawyered: Fearing lawsuits over injuries, a West Virginia county is removing swing sets from elementary schools. Roughly a year after a child broke his arm jumping off a swing like Superman and his parents are settling a lawsuit for $20,000, Cabell ...
The new financial reform legislation is massive: Philip Howard wrote a wonderful book in 1995 titled, The Death of Common Sense. Philip Howard's point was that such problems were caused by laws written deliberately in great detail to take human discretion ...

California Attempts to Survey Unknown (Chemicals)

As hundreds of thousands of gallons of dispersants were dropped into the Gulf of Mexico to control the oil spill, Philip Howard did a little digging. "Chemicals are coming out a lot faster than we are able to evaluate them," said Tom ...

World differences in medical liability

As states and health care systems seek federal grants to test new ways of tackling medical liability issues in the U.S., some observers suggest looking beyond America's borders for inspiration. While they agree no one system offers a perfect solution ...
No doubt you've heard of semantic data integration - or, at least, you have if you read this blog regularly. expressor software has been around since 2003, and at its core, it is an ETL tool. " The new tool also received upbeat ...

Philip Howard 1st or 13th earl of Arundel earl of Surrey

Oct. 19, 1595, London), first earl of Arundel of the Howard line, found guilty of Roman Catholic conspiracies against Elizabeth I of England.. Philip was the eldest son of Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, executed for high treason in 1572, and ...
Compliance and security are inextricably intertwined, that's for certain. com, independent IT security consultants Charles Cresson Wood and Kevin Beaver outline what causes companies to rely too much on compliance. What's more, many managers, they say, aren't even aware ...

GRCS: What's in a Name?

The focus of this blog, governance, risk and compliance (GRC) is no exception. He argues that GRC doesn't really account for external attacks or internal attacks in the form of "fraud, malicious damage or information theft. Howard says, simply, "GRC, treated ...

Oracle Buying GoldenGate

Acquisition-happy Oracle has announced its latest purchase will be GoldenGate, which makes real-time integration software, reports CNET News. com, says Oracle wants the replication capability offered by GoldenGate because it enables zero-downtime migration and upgrades.. IT Business Edge's Loraine Lawson has ...