For
more information, please contact:
Gwen Osborne, director
of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS AND ASSIGNMENT, LEGAL,
PLANNING, BUSINESS, AND DAYBOOK EDITORS
CHICAGO-- July 19, 2004--Chicago-Kent College of
Law, the Stuart Graduate School of Business and the Center for
Financial Markets have experts available to discuss current issues.
To reach any of our experts, call Gwen
Osborne, director of public affairs, at (312) 906-5251. Copies
of press releases and earlier advisories are available on our
Web site: http://www.kentlaw.edu/news/
Security on official Web sites for the Bush-Cheney and Kerry-Edwards
campaigns are inadequate, according to analysts who examined
the sites for Wired magazine. In addition to security issues,
the magazine found potential privacy problems related to tracking.
Chicago-Kent professor Richard
Warner is president of Standards Association for Elections
Online (SAFE), a nonprofit organization that develops standards
and practices for online campaign activity and endorses third-party
monitors who certify campaign Web sites as abiding by SAFE standards.
Professor Warner is available for interviews.
Interest rates may rise soon. Federal Reserve Chairman
Alan Greenspan told the Senate Banking Committee the economy could
withstand gradual interest rate increases. The Fed last month
raised interest rates for the first time in four years and Greenspan
has indicated that rates might climb at a faster pace if inflation
worsens. Professor Robert
Laurent of Stuart Graduate School of Business served as
a senior economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, where
he participated in regular briefings and policy recommendations
regarding U.S. monetary policy. Professor Laurent is available
for interviews.
"Paper kills." Calling for a technology-based
public health infrastructure, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich
told the House Government Reform Technology Subcommittee that
"a paper-based system is an ignorant system" responsible
for costly medical errors. Gingrich repeated his message this
week at the National Governors Association, where he discussed
the role of information technology in the future of healthcare.
Professor Elie
Geisler, director of the Center for the Management of
Medical Technology at Stuart Graduate School of Business, is available
for interviews on the role of technology in health care delivery.
He is the author of Management of Medical Technology and The
Hospital of the Future.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was enacted in July of 2002 in the
aftermath of several high profile business scandals as a way to
restore investor confidence in publicly traded companies. Under
provisions of the law, CEOs and CFOs face civil and criminal penalties
and fines for filing inaccurate corporate statements. Although
chief information security officers are not directly accountable
for the accuracy of the information contained in filings required
by Sarbanes-Oxley, they are responsible for implementing policies,
practices, and systems necessary to ensure compliance with law.
Sharon O'Bryan, a former senior vice president, chief information
security officer and chief privacy officer at ABN AMRO, currently
is president of O'Bryan Advisory Services. She is available to
discuss the role of chief information security officers with regard
to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. O'Bryan is also available to discuss
Chicago-Kent's new CPE Certificate Program in Technology Law.
What are the top ten reasons hedge funds don't need increased
SEC oversight? The Securities and Exchange Commission has
approved a proposal that would require hedge fund advisers with
15 or more clients and $25 million in assets to register with
the agency. But professor Keith
H. Black of the Center for Financial Markets at Stuart
Graduate School of Business says the increased scrutiny is unnecessary.
Professor Black, the author of a forthcoming book, Managing a
Hedge Fund, available to discuss his list.
Sustainable development is good business and community growth.
Professor George
Nassos, director of the Stuart School's graduate program
in environmental management and its Center for Sustainable Enterprise,
is available for interviews about the 2004 BELL conference, a
unique gathering of educators and business and community leaders
later this month.
Downtown Campus Events:
July 22-24: "Building a Sustainable City through Sustainable
Enterprise" is the theme of the 2004 Business, Environment,
Learning and Leadership (BELL) conference. Business leaders, educators
and community leaders will examine the impact of sustainability
issues on a city's economic vitality. Participants will explore,
develop and support enterprise models based on sustainability
principles. This unique program that attracts approximately 100
business schools from 20 countries gives professors the tools
to train the next generation of corporate leaders in sustainable
enterprise practices. The BELL conference is co-hosted by the
World Resources Institute and IIT's Stuart Graduate School of
Business in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago's
Institute for Environmental Science and Policy and Kellogg School
of Management--Northwestern University. For registration, a more
detailed agenda and information about guest speakers, visit the
conference Web site at: http://www.stuart.iit.edu/bell/index.html
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