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RiskMeter Adds Texas Wildfire Report to Its Service (posted 1/18/12, CDS Business Mapping, LLC.)

 

Reuse of Municipal Wastewater Has Significant Potential to Augment Future U.S. Drinking Water Supplies (1/10/12, National Academies); read full report Water Reuse: Potential for Expanding the Nation's Water Supply Through Reuse of Municipal Wastewater or visit project page for links to a Q&A forum and the report in brief

 

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2012 European Forum: "Banking Risk and Regulation," February 8, 2012, in London, United Kingdom, will provide the latest updates on Basel III rules, implementation and process impact, with additional master classes on effective liquidity risk management and regulation (February 7) and effective reporting structures, process, and risk management (February 9). Read more. (posted 11/14/11)

 

William Di Meo Enterprises LLC, with more than 20 years of experience working in the aerospace industry on a variety of systems and equipment, offers dependable systems analyses and consulting services, specializing in failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA and FMECA) and safety analysis and Reliability/Availability predictions. Read more. (posted 11/14/11)

 

National Air Toxics Research Center Closes. As of October 31, 2011, the Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center (NUATRC) ended its research program and closed its offices, which were located in the Texas Medical Center, Houston. A letter about the center's closing from its president for several years, Craig Beskid, is posted on the NUATRC website (in PDF).

 

NUATRC, authorized by the U.S. Congress in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and incorporated in 1991, was named after the late Congressman Mickey Leland, whose efforts on behalf of public health contributed significantly to the passage of key amendments to the Clean Air Act. The center's mission was to develop and support research that would yield a better understanding of the potential risks posed to human health by exposure to air toxics, as defined by the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, and would fill the gaps in scientific data that are required to make sound environmental health public policy decisions. A non-profit corporation by law, financed by government and private funds, most of NUATRC's private sector gifts came from corporations in the petroleum and chemical industries. [Also read Beskid's op-ed article "Houston losing an anti-pollution air ally," Houston Chronicle, June 12, 2011.] (posted 11/3/11)

 

The Human Factor in Risk will be the focus of the Union of Risk Management for Preventive Medicine (URMPM) World Congress 2012 in London, September 8–9, 2012. Abstracts may be submitted beginning December 1, 2011. Read more. (posted 10/19/11)

 

4sight Securities Finance (4SF) product suite provides a real-time front-to-back office software solution for financial institutions of all sizes that contains features that allow the user to gain greater control over risk. Read more. (posted 10/19/11)

 

Government Debt Crises: Politics, Economics, and History, a conference that will be held on December 15, 2012, in Geneva, Switzerland, will provide a trans-disciplinary perspective on the European debt crisis. The conference organizer, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, has invited proposals for papers, which should be sent by January 31, 2012. Read more. (posted 10/6/11)

 

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