1. What Role Do Compliance and Risk Have in Small Business? by Rick Carbone
    What do Risk Management and Compliance have to do with Small or Home-based businesses. Take for example the typical web site owner who sells several products on their site. What Compliance issues do they face? Plenty! Is this web site owner compliant ... more
     
  2. Are You in Compliance? California's New Sexual Harassment Law AB1825 by Rhonda Goetz
    I was speaking recently at a business network meeting when a business owner asked whether she needed to be concerned with California's new Sexual Harassment law, AB1825. This business owner runs her company with 18 full-time, 20 part-time employees, 8 tem... more
     
  3. The Compliance Officer's Killer Application by Martin Day
    It used to be that only the largest multi-nationals needed a Compliance Officer. Today most practices, regardless of size, would be wise to charge someone within their organisation with the responsibility of keeping abreast and managing the compliance pro... more
     
  4. Management to the Vision-Contribution and the Role of Compliance by Rosemary Johnston
    As a manager our role is to:1. Establish the vision, or our contribution to the vision.2. Establish the plan and forecast for our management contribution, be it $1million or $1billion.3. Gain endorsement of the plan and forecast, by the vision holders.4. ... more
     
  5. Sarbanes Oxley 404 Compliance - How Nov. 15, 2004 Deadline Affects You by Chris Anderson
    Fast Relief for Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 ComplianceSection 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires management to confirm the effectiveness of their IT and financial controls in an "internal control report", which is contained within the annual report (10... more
     
  6. Medical Billing, HIPAA Compliance, and Role Based Access Control by Yuval Lirov
    HIPAA compliance requires special focus and effort as failure to comply carries significant risk of damage and penalties. A practice with multiple separate systems for patient scheduling, electronic medical records, and billing, requires multiple separat... more
     
  7. Medical Billing Compliance in Chiropractic Office by Yuval Lirov
    Over the course of the past two decades, federal and state enforcement agencies have investigated medical billing incidents and brought multiple enforcement actions against healthcare practices. The list of agencies tasked with billing compliance enforcem... more
     
  8. Medical Billing Knowledge Sharing for Improved Compliance, Performance, and Coding by Yuval Lirov
    A new industry of high-technology medical billing has mushroomed under the auspices of its promise to streamline the collections process and leave doctors with more time to care for their patients. Though many high-quality services and systems exist, an ... more
     
  9. I-9 Compliance Tips for Small Businesses by Margaret Catalfamo
    On April 20, 2006 The Department of Homeland Security announced its Comprehensive Immigration Enforcement Strategy for the Nation’s Interior. The second goal of this initiative is to build strong worksite enforcement and compliance programs to deter ille... more
     
  10. Gaining Commitment Or Compliance From Your Team? Some Guidelines for Team Decision Making by Robert Selden
    Rob worked as a qualified, but junior physiotherapist in a busy hospital. He along with three of his colleagues were asked by their manager to discuss amongst themselves how they would like their rosters to be organised (i.e. who would do what shifts etc... more
     
  11. VegaStream's VoIP Regulation and Compliance by Helen Upsher
    Such liberalisation comes the risk of these new entrants conducting less than ethical business practises that were impossible for a state controlled monopoly; and so with liberalisation comes a new wave of regulation.A fact of the telecom's industry is th... more
     
  12. Sarbanes Oxley Certification for IT, Risk and Compliance Professionals by Andrea Caddle
    The Sarbanes Oxley Institute is successfully satisfying the need of individuals and organisations wanting international recognition of their abilities. The Sarbanes Oxley Certification Institute has been set up by industry experts specifically to provi... more
     
  13. Data Backup and Storage Compliance, How Do Smaller Companies Achieve This? by Lee Morrell
    Companies must account and deal for new legislation governing how information is stored on IT systems.The EU is shortly to adopt many of the recommendations on corporate governance set out by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the US, UK firms are to be expected t... more
     
  14. W3C Compliance & Macromedia Flash by Galina Arlov
    Remember the “Good Housekeeping Seal?”W3C is the World Wide Web Consortium seal of quality assurance for your website, providing guidelines to insure your website will look and function properly, regardless of the browser, resolution or device that you us... more
     
  15. Compliance of Tax Return in Electronic Commerce Taxation by Adil Waseem
    Emerging Legal issues of Tax compliance of e-business Self-assessment system relies on taxpayers voluntarily meeting their tax obligations by tax payee. This concept is recognised in all tax statutes, which sets out taxpayers’ primary obligations to fill ... more
     
  16. Sarbanes-Oxley: A Cross-Industry Email Compliance Challenge by Paul Judge
    Is your enterprise following the rules?The bulk of financial information in many companies is created, stored and transmitted electronically, maintained by IT and controlled via information integrity procedures and practices. For these reasons, compliance... more
     
  17. W3C Compliance by Anna Zed
    The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium where standards are developed for the World Wide Web. These standards and protocols have been established to ensure long-term growth for the web and to maintain a certain level of conformi... more
     
  18. Why Comply? The Movement to W3C Compliance by Aaron Wittersheim
    The Internet: a powerful tool with endless possibilities to advance business, connect people and share information. We believe that with those opportunities comes a real responsibility to understand its complexity and provide universal solutions to its is... more
     
  19. Compliance and Regulation: Impacting on the Global Business Community by David Coxell
    Following the fallout from major corporate crashes such as Enron and Worldcom, stricter compliance legislation has been introduced around the world to ensure that business managers and principals are more accountable for their actions.The latest complianc... more
     
  20. Are You Aware Of Internet Website Laws And Compliance? by Richard Monson
    You need to be aware of the many entities keeping watch on your websites and emails. The FTC and numerous Attorneys General do prosecute business owners and individuals exhibiting on the internet for violations they consider wrong or, too often, for poli... more
     
  21. HIPAA Compliance In A Technical World by Brandi Cummings
    The way people do business today relies more and more on internet connections and "virtual" phone lines. This presents a problem for those in the medical industry and those required by the Department of Health and Human Services to follow the guidelines o... more
     
  22. PCI Compliance - Avoid Data Theft Incidents by Jill Ratkevic
    In response to the growing number of data theft incidents, the PCI Data Security Standard, developed by MasterCard and VISA and also being enforced by American Express, has been put in place to protect cardholder information. Merchants and service provide... more
     
  23. Sarbanes-Oxley IP Asset Compliance Is Not Easy, But It's Required To Avoid Stiff Penalties by Bob Simons
    The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed on July 2002 and many public companies in the US have been implementing compliance procedures since then.Unlike other business standards, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires a more detailed disclosure in its filings with the ... more
     
  24. How To Bring Database Management In Tune With Regulatory Compliance by Alexander Gordon
    New regulations regarding financial controls and statements have necessitated an overhauling of collection, retention and management procedures as far as information is concerned.What is Regulatory Compliance? Regulatory Compliance Acts make it mandatory... more
     
  25. 4 Compliance Secrets That Instantly Give You The Upper Hand by Christopher Kokoski
    When your worn-out sales techniques fail, you need something to turn your numbers around fast. There are four secrets used by compliance professionals that can give you the upper hand in almost any circumstance, no matter how badly you've damaged the sale... more
     
  26. Sarbanes Oxley Compliance Requirements by Alexander Gordon
    The Sarbanes-Oxley Act has been in force for some time now. Companies have acknowledged that it is not a one-off event, but is more in the nature of a process improvement activity enforceable by government regulations. A comparable process in the case of ... more
     
  27. How To Choose The Right Compliance Technology Tool by Alexander Gordon
    Compliance technology is gaining rapid popularity in the corporate circuit, as it equips the companies to detect the compliance issues and address them effectively. Although the market of compliance technology is at an embryonic stage, most companies pref... more
     
  28. Importance of Document Management in Compliance Strategies by Alexander Gordon
    Companies need to comply with many laws and regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the freedom-of-information act and Basel II, making it increasingly important to manage documents and archive them in a proper fashion. The compliance strategies that ... more