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Contractor reimburses $1 million to system
More than 18 months ago the Fulton County Board of Education began steps and actions to reduce capital costs, improve accountability, streamline construction processes, and ensure transparency in school system operations.
http://www.fultonschools.org/story_detail.asp?id=1577
China closes market for pirated goods, sort of
When municipal officials last week closed an outdoor market that specialized in selling phony Western brand-name goods, it seemed that the government was finally responding to longstanding U.S. complaints.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/world/2005-01-10-silkmarket_x.htm
You Can't Take the IP Out of iPod
Underlying every single one of these exciting products are the protections offered to their developers by our system of patents, copyrights and trademarks.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,143933,00.html
Duff pleads guilty in contract fraud
A contractor whose family has raised money for Mayor Richard M. Daley's campaigns pleaded guilty Monday to defrauding the city through a series of janitorial contracts worth $100 million.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/10duff.html
Probe $1M missing from church
Msgr. John Woolsey has been asked to step down from his post at St. John the Martyr Church on the upper East Side while Manhattan prosecutors comb through the church's finances.
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/212759p-183238c.html
The Delicious Cost of Identity Theft
Students Overlook Risk of Trading Personal Information for Food.
http://www.dailycal.org/article.php?id=15705
Digital detectives: First-of-its-kind online degree trains cybersleuths.
Law enforcement and technical professionals show interest in nation's first online degree in computer forensics through Champlain College.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/06-24-2004/0002199644&EDATE=
Computer forensics now key to many cases
When three computers recently seized from Curt Wright by Holland police were sent to a state police crime lab for examination, they became part of a growing number of computers forensic investigators search every year.
http://www.thehollandsentinel.net/stories/030104/loc_030104003.shtml
HP moves to bolster intellectual property rights enforcement
Hewlett Packard Co., said today that it plans to increase enforcement of its intellectual property, a move aimed at vendors selling products based on HP technology -- not at the users of those products.
http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/legalissues/story/0,10801,89009,00.html
Intellectual property disputes on the rise
China's top judge Xiao Yang on Wednesday urged the judges across the country to improve their expertise on intellectual property rights so as to expedite alleged infringement lawsuits.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200312/18/eng20031218_130653.shtml
Accounting sleuths in growing demand
Buoyed by a new focus on good corporate governance and a desire by companies to recover monies lost through fraud, forensic and investigative accountants are reporting growth well into double digits.
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20031229/PFPROF29/TPBusiness/General
Want to be an accountant?
Enrollments are up and the curricula are changing at South Florida universities' schools of accounting. The changes include a focus on forensic accounting and other investigative work.
http://www.bizjournals.com/moneycenter/story.html?id=2220
Police taking steps to fight cyber crime
In a cramped, second-floor room at the Medford Police Academy, police are taking early steps toward getting a grip on the Internet.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2003/12/21/police_taking_steps_to_fight_cyber_crime/
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