Press release: “The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today released the revised Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) Examination Manual (405 pages, PDF). The revised manual reflects the ongoing commitment of the federal and state banking agencies and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to provide current and consistent guidance on risk-based policies, procedures, and processes for banking organizations to comply with the BSA and safeguard operations from money laundering and terrorist financing. The 2007 version further clarifies supervisory expectations since the July 28, 2006, update. The revisions again draw upon feedback from the banking industry and examination staff.”
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Daily Archives: August 24, 2007
Free, Full-text Searchable Database of Supreme Court and Federal Appellate Case Reports
AltLaw Beta: “The law is meant to belong to the people, but it can be surprisingly hard to find. Case reports, a major part of the laws of the United States, are hard to get at, and even when on the Internet, rarely searchable. To get full access you generally need either a library of… Continue Reading
NASA and Internet Archive Team to Digitize Space Imagery
Press release: “NASA and Internet Archive of San Francisco are partnering to scan, archive and manage the agency’s vast collection of photographs, historic film and video. The imagery will be available through the Internet and free to the public, historians, scholars, students, and researchers. Currently, NASA has more than 20 major imagery collections online. With… Continue Reading
IRS OIG Audit Verifies Employee Noncompliance With Security Policies and Procedures
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), Efforts Have Been Made, but Manager and Employee Noncompliance With Security Policies and Procedures Puts Personally Identifiable Information at Risk, issued August 13, 2007: “…The IRS has taken several noteworthy actions to protect taxpayer data in its possession. For example, it has established a Security Services and Privacy… Continue Reading
Army Corps of Engineers Launches Website on Hurricane Risk Assessment for Louisiana Coast
“This site [New Orleans Risk and Reliability Report] is designed to share what we have learned about hurricane risks in the Greater New Orleans area with you, so that you can make risk-informed decisions about your future. Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force [IPET] has developed a state-of-the-art prototype risk assessment model to characterize current annual… Continue Reading
Survey on Enterprise Data Center Consolidation in the States: Strategies and Business Justification
“The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) has released a new publication, NASCIOs Survey on Enterprise Data Center Consolidation in the States: Strategies and Business Justification (62 pages, PDF). A product of NASCIO’s Infrastructure and Services Committee, this survey report provides an overview of the challenges states indicated they are facing in considering… Continue Reading
