U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework; A Guide to Self-Certification

[Excerpt] In this guide, we have provided an outline of the most critical pieces of the Safe Harbor Framework. The application is made available, along with a Helpful Hints Guide that explains how to fill it out. The Safe Harbor Principles and FAQs are also provided for easy reference. There is also an explanation and listing of third party dispute resolution providers (or Independent Resource Mechanisms) with descriptions of the services provided by three dispute resolution providers that work with Safe Harbor. Finally, we’ve also included several sample company privacy policies for reference, and a glossary that explains key terms. We’ve broken this Guide into nine major sections, each to address different questions you might have. What follows is a brief description of each section: Overview: The overview gives some background on the Safe Harbor Framework, how it came about, and explains many of the certification requirements. The overview also lists the principles of the Safe Harbor program. Application: The Application is provided for easy reference. Applicants should apply online at http://export.gov /safeharbor (click on “Certification Form” in the right sidebar). Certification Mark: The Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration has recently developed a certification mark for the Safe Harbor Framework. The mark may be used by companies on their websites to signify that they have self-certified compliance with the provisions of the Safe Harbor Framework. Instructions for use of the certification mark are provided. Helpful Hints Guide (to Certification): The Helpful Hints Guide is meant to give quick answers to any questions a U.S. company might have about the certification process. It should be used in conjunction with the rest of the Guide, however it answers many of the most common questions about the certification process. Safe Harbor Principles: We have provided the full text of the official declaration of the Safe Harbor Principles as announced on July 21, 2000. This text is helpful for understanding the foundation of the Safe Harbor Principles and the Framework. Frequently Asked Questions: We have provided the Frequently Asked Questions in full text because they answer many of the most commonly asked questions about the Safe Harbor Framework. Dispute Resolution Providers: Here we have provided a short description of the role of dispute resolution providers (also referred to as Independent Recourse Mechanisms) and descriptions of the services they offer. Sample Privacy Policies: Here we have provided three sample privacy policies for reference, which may serve as guidance when creating a new Privacy Policy or updating an existing Privacy Policy to align it with the Safe Harbor Framework. The Safe Harbor Framework requires an affirmative commitment in the Privacy Policy to the principles of the Safe Harbor Framework. Glossary: A short glossary is also provided for many of the technical terms frequently used in the Guide

Unites State Frequency Allocatoins: The Radio Spectrum

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Uniform contracts and cost accounting definitions and methods: recommendations by interdepartmental conference consisting of delegates from the departments of war, navy, and commerce, the Federal trade commission, and the council of national defense. July, 1917.

These recommendations are intended to suggest to contracting officers some of the broad legal and equitable points involved in war contracts, and to express the preference of the conference for a straight purchase-and-sale contract at a fixed price, since it is simpler in terms, easier to work under, and generally speaking, productive of better and quicker results. The British Government, after several years\u27 experience, has discarded the cost-plus contract plan and adopted the straight purchase-and-sale contract in every instance possible. It is not proposed to go into the large question of policy involved in attempting to prevent demoralization of markets by excessive competition. Suffice it to say, that the Government can furnish material and component parts under either a fixed-price or a cost-plus contract, and thus protect market conditions by purchases in bulk

Instructions for cost keeping

1. The object of this system of cost keeping is to furnish correct information as to the actual cost of every important feature of the work of the Lighthouse Service, This information is of value in preparing estimates, in planning work, in effecting economies, and in comparing the efficiency of different districts, vessels, apparatus, methods, etc. The proposed system is made as simple as practicable, in order to avoid expense and to avoid obscuring the important facts. Separate costs will be kept only of the more important features and classes of expenditures; certain general operating costs, such as tender service and administration, will not be distributed, and liabilities will not be charged in the costs except as hereinafter stated. Expenditures of materials, supplies, and labor will be charged the same as expenditures of money

Simplified accounting for wholesale groceries

This booklet is designed to give wholesale grocers (especially the small wholesalers) the simplest known system of accounting, record keeping, and controls and to establish for the industry a system of uniform accounting which will make possible the comparison of cost items and other factors among firms in like operating categories. It is based on findings obtained through visits to wholesale grocery establishments in which many accounting and record-keeping systems were examined in a search for short cuts which could be recommended for use by the industry as a whole

Distribution cost accounting for wholesaling

Recent legislation, such as the Robinson-Patman Act, has brought to the fore the need for improved distribution cost accounting. The Bureau, in response to demands from business for assistance in this field, has prepared this study of distribution cost procedure for the field of wholesaling. This important field includes the great variety of wholesale houses, and the newer types of wholesaling engaged in by direct distributors and direct purchasers

Acceptance and Installation of Uniform Methods of Cost Accounting

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Simple Accounting for a Chamber of Commerce

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Uniform Cost Accounting in Trade Association: Organization of Activities

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