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News Releases

New Cell-Based Sensors Sniff Out Danger Like Bloodhounds (5/6/08, University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering)

Sitesafe, Inc. Releases An All-New Version of Its Online RF Health and Safety Training for 2008 - Peoplesafe® 5.0 Now Available (5/6/08, PR Newswire)

UN Stands Ready to Assist After Deadly Cyclone Batters Myanmar (5/5/08, United Nations)

New in RiskWorld

SCAIR™ (Supply Chain Analysis of Interruption Risks), a business interruption loss estimation tool developed by InterSys Solutions Limited, maps supply chains and estimates the exposure at each critical step. Read more. (posted 4/28/08)

Methodware has been developing and distributing risk management, compliance, and internal audit software solutions internationally since 1993. Its flagship governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solution--Enterprise Risk Assessor (ERA)--is applicable across multiple industries and all facets of GRC. Read more. (posted 4/9/08)

Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management, a book edited by Anisur Rahman of Nuclear Safety Consultants Ltd, provides a detailed understanding of the issues associated with the decommissioning process and includes a discussion of radioactive waste management. Read more, and preorder this title. (posted 3/3/08)

Haas TCM offers a variety of web-based hazardous chemical management systems and software programs, including their flagship product MAXCOM™, that are designed to solve Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) management problems and to ease required reporting such as Tier II and Form R. Read more. (posted 2/11/08)

NextPage enables enterprises to manage and to control the risk of Microsoft Office documents on the desktop with powerful document tracking services. Read more. (posted 2/8/08)

Job Openings

Kleinfelder Inc. is seeking a Risk Assessment and Toxicology Professional for its Bellevue, Washington, office; and Bonneville Power Administration is seeking a Business Continuity Program Manager in the Portland, Oregon, area. Click here for links to more information. Click here for details on posting job openings in RiskWorld.

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