Investigating the Impact of Global Positioning System Evidence

The continued amalgamation of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) into everyday activities stimulates the idea that these devices will increasingly contribute evidential importance in digital forensics cases. This study investigates the extent to which GPS devices are being used in criminal and civil court cases in the United Kingdom through the inspection of Lexis Nexis, Westlaw, and the British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) legal databases. The research identified 83 cases which involved GPS evidence from within the United Kingdom and Europe for the time period from 01 June 1993 to 01 June 2013. The initial empirical analysis indicates that GPS evidence in court cases is rising over time and the majority of those court cases are criminal cases.Comment: This article was published at: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.ht

Terrorism and the global supply chain: where are your weak links?

For many years, managers have chosen to ignore the risks associated with acts of terrorism that can potentially and catastrophically affect the global supply chain. As producers and suppliers become more tightly tied through long term relationships, common communications and information technology, events affecting one member of the supply chain can have a profound impact on the ability of the rest of the network to operate. The purpose of this discourse is to highlight the linkages which leave a supply chain vulnerable in the case of direct or indirect disruption caused by unexpected terrorist activity

The Business of Terrorism and Sources of Organizational Operating Funds

This paper is a first attempt to identify the sources of terrorist funding with an eye toward the eventual identification of possible methods of closing those money pits, a large number of which are illegal. The first step is to identify some of the larger organizations that are more ingrained in the fabric of their locations and operate below the radar level; thereby escaping the scrutiny of local government organizations and, perhaps in some instances, escaping the watchful eye of federal government organizations. Initially, as a first attempt to develop a base from which to expand, this paper takes a broad view of the topic simply to begin to develop an overall concept of the major players and to put the topic into proper perspective. Hopefully, future chronicles of the topic will have a more significant depth of information and conclusions

Analyzing the Budgeting Process of Selected Rapid Rail Transit Systems

The transportation infrastructure in the United States is entering a period of growth and expansion. During this period of change, attention has been directed towards improving the organizational accountability of the rapid rail transit systems. To date, there has been no definitive study of how rapid rail transit systems integrate the operating budgetary process into decisionmaking or whether doing so would provide greater control over costs. Based on field interviews, this study examines the budgetary process of 9 of the 13 rapid rail transit systems operating in the United States. Among the reasons examined are (1) administrative issues, (2) budgetary planning, (3) frame of reference, (4) investigating variations from plans, and (5) planning feedback. In addition to describing the similarities and differences among the rapid rail transit systems, recommendations and observations are presented