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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"information policy"”.
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The creation of a national information policy combating cyber terrorism
… to break into a computer network, download information, and leave without a trace. There needs to be a comprehensive policy to combat the cyber terrorism threat; The National Information Policy is a set of ideas brought together to combat the threat of a cyber terrorist attack against the …
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The Evaluation of Information Policy: A Case Study Using the SATCOM Report
… in order to ascertain valid ways of evaluating information policy. It has taken a modest step toward this goal by developing a method for evaluating the SATCOM Report (1969). The study had three purposes: First it was to examine closely and identify clearly with the aid of content analysis, …
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Mapping the knowledge base of information policy: clusters of documents, people and ideas
… and social structure of the field of information policy through a detailed examination of the serials literature. The aims of the research are to explore how information policy scholarship is organised—in terms of its relation to other fields and disciplines; whether it constitutes a …
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Caught in the web : an analysis of South Africa's response to the emerging global information policy regime
… South Africa's response to the emerging global information policy regime. Compelled by a combination of hegemonic influences and its own self interest, this study argues that South Africa accepted the liberalising commitments of the emerging global information policy regime vis-a-vis the World …
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Theory and practice in the analysis of information policy in the digital age: a casestudy on the formulation of the European Directive on the legal protection of databases.
… thesis is concerned with the academic study of information policy and aims to improve theoretical and methodological approaches for the analysis of complex information policy environments. In conducting a casestudy on the formulation of the European directive on the legal protection of …
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Provision of European information: Commission policy and its implementation in libraries and information services in the United Kingdom.
… an investigation into the European Commission’s information policy and its implementation in the UK in the context of the provision of information to the European citizen via a network of information relays. Information relays are documentation centres and/or information services that have been …
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XHTML documents with inline, policy-aware provenance
Constructing code that aids users in making information policy decisions in a decentralized Web-based environment will require seamless integration between document content and metadata. A system of embedding and reasoning over relevant policy information will be an important step towards this …
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The U.S. Office of War Information and American public opinion during World War II, 1939-1945
… examines the United States government’s domestic information agencies, the formulation of information policy, and the effects of that information policy upon the nation during the Second World War. In exploring information policy and techniques, the study analyzes the epistemological axiom, “What …
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Demographic determinants of chemical safety information recall in workers and consumers in South Africa
… of chemicals. Apart from the fact that hazard information should be understood, it is also important that it should be recalled. Recall of hazard communication is critical when the written form of the information is not available at the time it is required. A cross-sectional study investigating …
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The directions taken by young people on leaving compulsory education:a study in two Birmingham schools
… and actual post-sixteen directions. School policy, including treatment of disaffected pupils and recruitment to a large, on-site sixth form, influenced the number of pupils opting to continue their education. Girls were more likely to continue education after the end of compulsory schooling …
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Essays in Information Economics
… thesis consists of three essays in the field of information economics. The first essay studies manipulation of information by partisan media. The recent increase in partisan media has generated interest in what drives media outlets to become more partisan. I develop a model to study the role of …
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Cultural factors affecting the development of an evidence-based information service in a third sector provider of complementary cancer care
… affecting the development of an evidence-based information service in a third sector provider of complementary cancer care Matthew Breckons Introduction Many people with cancer access complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and a need for high quality information was emphasised in reports …
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The relevance of social and behavioral models in determining intention to comply with information security policy in higher education environments
… study of employees’ intention to comply with information security policies in higher education is limited. This research thus embarks on an empirical analysis of the factors predicting employees’ intention to comply or the lack thereof with respect to their institutions’ policies. The …
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Legislative Effectiveness in Brazil: the Role of Legislative Member organizations in the Chamber of Deputies
… where party systems are fragmented and not policy-oriented? Why and how are some legislators in these contexts able to move their proposals through the legislative process and into law, while others fail to do so?</p><p>Recent literature on legislative effectiveness in the United States …
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A study of information security awareness program effectiveness in predicting end-user security behavior
… security. For organizations of all sizes, information security (IS) has become paramount due to the increased use of the Internet. Corporate data are transmitted ubiquitously over wireless networks and have increased exponentially with cloud computing and growing end-user demand. Both …
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The performance of the Saudi Arabian press during the Gulf conflict, 1990-1991
… or analysis. This was because of the lack of information and political awareness in Saudi society as a whole, including amongst journalists. Even after the liberation of Kuwait, little changed in the Saudi press function, due to inadequate planning, lack of sufficiently trained and skilled …