Information Technology Acts Paper BIS/220 December 17‚ 2012 Information Technology Acts Paper The advances in information technology have resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of many important acts. Two in particular acts are Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Children’s Internet Protection Act (2000). Both of these acts were implemented to protect humans from harmful content and healthcare information. The Health Insurance Portability and
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Information Technology and Law The use of the Internet for communication‚ marketing‚ and commerce necessitated government regulation through the establishment of various acts. As the Internet grew in use by people of all ages many people had begun to use it for the collection of private information. As e-mail grew commonplace in the 1990s‚ many unscrupulous users would collect e-mail addresses for mass marketing purposes. Credit card fraud began to rise so profusely that many credit card companies
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November 13‚ 2011 Information technology has revolutionized the way accounting is done. Long gone is the time of manually entering numbers into big bulky ledgers and journal books. Technology has also taken away the stigma associated with accountants. They have long been considered “bean counters” and introverts. This is no longer the case since leaning over ledgers and adding numbers on a calculator all day is a thing of the past. People skills have emerged as an important part of the accounting
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AN APPRAISAL OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE POVERTY ERADICATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA BY OJEBISI‚ A. OLUGBENGA Department Of Curriculum and Instruction Studies‚ Federal College of Education (Sp.)‚ Oyo. E-mail: ojebisi_olugbenga@yahoo.com +234-0-8035624949 An Appraisal of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Resources for Sustainable Poverty Eradication and Development in Nigeria Abstract This paper presents an appraisal of
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Information Technology Acts There are several advances in information technology that resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of certain acts. The two acts which will be discussed in this paper are the Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000‚ and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Children’s Internet Protection Act‚ 2000 The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is a federal law which was passed by Congress to allocate the offensive content over the
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trying to say. Luckily‚ information technologies of today are providing new ways for teachers to improve a student’s understanding. Information technology has an important role to play in our schools‚ and I would like to see it used more in our classrooms. ! Outside of school‚ our lives are filled with technology such as smart phones‚ computers‚ television‚ and the internet. Today’s students have gotten used to the rapid pace and the many ways that information comes to them. They are eager
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CAUSES OF BANK DISTRESS AND RESOLUTION OPTIONS IN NIGERIA. INTRODUCTION A meaningful analysis of causes of bank distress and the options for resolution would probably need to be preceded by a brief discussion of the roles of banks in an economy. Bank’s role in any financial system is quintessentially financial intermediation. In this regard‚ bank’s mobilize financial resources from surplus economic units for on lending to the deficit units. In mobilizing deposits‚ banks issue demandable claims
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Information Technology Acts That Work Introduction to Computer Application and Systems Information Technology Acts That Work Over the last three to four decades‚ computers and technology are improving very rapidly. Electronic devices seem to be taking over everything we do. There are many people who unfortunately‚ lost their jobs because of new technology. For example‚ according to Voorhis (2010)‚ “Some of the 13‚000 Wichita-area jobs lost since 2008 are gone
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Physics Space exploration is the discovery and exploration of outer space by means of space technology. Physical exploration of space is conducted both by human spaceflights and by robotic spacecraft. While the observation of objects in space‚ known as astronomy‚ predates reliable recorded history‚ it was the development of large and relatively efficient rockets during the early 20th century that allowed physical space exploration to become a reality. Common rationales for exploring space include
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Information Technology Management CASE I How General Motors Is Collaborating Online In preparation for answering the questions‚ review the General Motors web site. Why did it take GM over four years to design a new car? Hide Answer Coordinating 20‚000 designers in 14 GM labs internationally‚ as well as the multitude of tests and over 1000 suppliers was too huge a task. Communications for collaboration was slow and severely stretched out the time-to-market. The design process
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