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U.S. CPSC January 18, 2011	CPSC Lifts Stay of Enforcement on Flammability Requirements for Certain Non-Children's Products General certificates of conformity will be required for the flammability standards for three non-children's products starting on January 26, 2011.
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U.S. CPSC January 30, 2009	CPSC Grants One Year Stay of Testing and Certification Requirements for Certain Products The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted unanimously to issue a one year stay of enforcement for certain testing and certification requirements for manufacturers and importers of regulated products, including products intended for children 12 years old and younger.
U.S. CPSC	CPSC Adopts Testing Requirements for Children's Toys The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted 5-0 on July 20 to approve new third party testing requirements to ensure the safety of children's toys.
U.S. CPSC December 18, 2009	CPSC Extends the Stay of Enforcement on Testing and Certification Requirements for Many Children's Products While enforcement of specific CPSC testing requirements has been stayed, the products must still comply with all applicable rules and bans.
InternetNews December 16, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Who is The SSL Certification Leader? GeoTrust said this week that it is growing faster than anyone else. And then VeriSign said it is the undisputed leader in the SSL certificate market.
U.S. CPSC February 6, 2009	CPSC Spells Out Enforcement Policy For New Lead Limits In Children's Products Effective February 10 Starting on February 10, 2009, consumer products intended for children 12 and under cannot have more than 600 parts per million of lead in any accessible part.
PC World March 22, 2001 Cameron Crouch	Microsoft, VeriSign Warn of Security Hole Windows users risk infection if fooled by bogus digital certificates...
JavaWorld April 2001 Todd Sundsted	Construct secure networked applications with certificates, Part 4 A tour of authentication from the X.509 perspective and the steps necessary for verifying a chain of X.509 certificates...
U.S. CPSC July 15, 2011	CPSC Announces New, Lower Limit for Lead Content in Children's Products The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted that there was insufficient evidence to make a determination that manufacturers of children's products sold in the United States could not meet a total lead content limit of 100 parts per million for a product or product category.
U.S. CPSC February 12, 2009	CPSC Developing Practical Guidance For Meeting Phthalates Requirements In New Child Safety Law; Public Input Sought: Interim enforcement policy also announced by the agency Interim enforcement policy also announced by the agency
U.S. CPSC October 19, 2004	CPSC Corrects the Record on Consumer Reports Story Consumer Reports falsely asserted that it found 48 consumer products that violated CPSC safety standards. Based on an analysis of information from Consumers Union, CPSC technical experts have concluded that at least 34 of the products listed by Consumer Reports do not violate any CPSC standard.
JavaWorld January 2001 Todd Sundsted	Construct secure networked applications with certificates, Part 1 Public-key cryptography's importance to network security must not be overlooked. However, trust issues challenge public-key cryptography's usage in enterprise-scale settings...
InternetNews June 28, 2010	Millions of SSL Certificates Invalid: Study Are widely-used SSL security certificates being configured correctly?
U.S. CPSC September 8, 2010	Pro-Pac Distributing Corp. Agrees to Pay $125,000 Civil Penalty for Failing to Report Drawstrings in Children's Sweatshirts The U.S. CPSC announced that Pro-Pac Distributing Corp. has agreed to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $125,000 for knowingly failing to report to CPSC immediately that two different children's hooded sweatshirts it imported and distributed had drawstrings at the neck.
U.S. CPSC January 8, 2009	CPSC Clarifies Requirements of New Children's Product Safety Laws Taking Effect in February Under the new law, children's products with more than 600 ppm total lead cannot lawfully be sold in the United States on or after February 10, 2009, even if they were manufactured before that date.
U.S. CPSC September 8, 2009	Kohl's Department Stores Agrees to Pay $425,000 Civil Penalty for Failing to Report Drawstrings in Children's Sweatshirts The U.S. CPSC announced today that Kohl's Department Stores Inc. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $425,000 to resolve allegations that Kohl's knowingly failed to report to CPSC immediately, as required by federal law, that children's hooded sweatshirts it sold had drawstrings at the neck.
U.S. CPSC August 5, 2009	Ross Stores Agrees To Pay $500,000 Civil Penalty For Failing To Report Drawstrings In Children's Outerwear The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today that Ross Stores Inc., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $500,000 for failing to report to CPSC immediately, as required by federal law, that children's hooded sweatshirts it sold had drawstrings at the neck.
U.S. CPSC September 8, 2009	Firms Agree to Pay $85,000 in Civil Penalties for Failing to Report Drawstrings in Children's Outerwear The U.S. CPSC announced today that Maran Inc. and K.S. Trading Corp. have agreed to pay a total of $85,000 in civil penalties to resolve allegations that the firms knowingly failed to report to CPSC immediately that children's hooded sweatshirts or jackets they sold had drawstrings at the neck.
U.S. CPSC December 17, 2010	CPSC Approves Rule Establishing a Publicly Available Consumer Database for Reporting Product Safety Incidents Required by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, the database will allow consumers to go online to SaferProducts.gov and file a report telling CPSC about an incident with an unsafe product or potentially hazardous consumer product.
U.S. CPSC September 8, 2009	Hill Sportswear Agrees To Pay $100,000 Civil Penalty For Failing To Report Drawstrings In Children's Sweatshirts The U.S. CPSC announced today that Hill Sportswear Inc. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $100,000 to resolve allegations that Hill Sportswear knowingly failed to report to CPSC immediately that children's hooded sweatshirts it manufactured and sold had drawstrings at the neck.
InternetNews December 15, 2004 Michael Singer	RosettaNet Fights Fraud With New Certificates E-business standards consortium RosettaNet said it has a new tool in the fight against online fraud. The fraud prevention algorithms are designed for all e-business applications and messaging standards.
U.S. CPSC April 22, 2008	Eight Firms Agree To Pay $320,000 For Failing To Timely Report Drawstrings In Children's Outerwear Federal law requires manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to report to CPSC immediately (within 24 hours) after obtaining information that a product contains a defect which could create a substantial risk of injury.
U.S. CPSC March 9, 2011	Ms. Bubbles Agrees to Pay $40,000 Civil Penalty for Failing to Report Drawstrings on Children's Jackets The penalty agreement settles staff allegations that the firm knowingly failed to report to the CPSC immediately, as required by federal law, that its children's hooded jackets were sold with drawstrings through the hood.
InternetNews December 31, 2003 Susan Kuchinskas	Some Microsoft IE Digital Certificates Near Expiration Is the discovery a harmless oversight or a sign that browser development and security are not high priorities in Redmond?
U.S. CPSC March 2, 2010	Daiso To Pay $2 Million Civil Penalty for Violations of Federal Safety Laws and Must Stop Importing Children's Products and Toys Into U.S. Due to alleged violations of federal safety laws, the company must now demonstrate to the Commission that it has sufficient knowledge of and is in compliance with CPSC safety standards and testing requirements.
InternetNews March 24, 2011	Iran May Have Attacked the Web In an attack last week, valid security certificates that could have been used to mount attacks on users worldwide.
U.S. CPSC August 13, 2009	CPSC to Enforce New CPSIA Requirements for Children's Products Effective August 14 On August 14, 2009, new requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act will take effect that are aimed at making children's products safer and increasing consumer confidence in the marketplace.
Food Engineering April 2, 2007 Richard F. Stier	The Certification Conundrum Certification programs have become a big business in the food industry. Be cautious when spending money on certifications. Some companies are willing to certify anything, provided you pay them enough money.
PC World October 24, 2007 Erik Larkin	How to Protect E-Mail From Prying Eyes Encrypting your messages isn't the easiest thing to do, but it will ensure your privacy.
U.S. CPSC September 23, 2010	CPSC Creates New Office of Education, Global Outreach, and Small Business Ombudsman This new office will coordinate and carry out education and outreach activities to domestic and international stakeholders, including manufacturers, retailers, resellers, small businesses, foreign governments, and consumers.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2004	Stocks From the Attic Are your decades' old stock certificates worth anything? There are enough lost treasures out there to make it worthwhile to check them out.
U.S. CPSC December 3, 2010	Winter Bee Agrees to $200,000 Civil Penalty for Failing to Report Drawstrings in Children's Sweatshirts The penalty settlement, which has been accepted provisionally by the Commission, provides that Winter Bee must pay $40,000 of the $200,000 penalty.
OCC Bulletin August 31, 2004	Tax Lien Certificates Description This document describes the risk management practices that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency expects banks to exercise when purchasing tax lien certificates.
JavaWorld February 2001 Todd Sundsted	Construct secure networked applications with certificates, Part 2 Although it's not the only runner in the certificate race, the X.509 certificate standard is so far ahead that its eventual victory is all but guaranteed. A description of X.509 certificates and introduction to the classes -- a standard part of the Java 2 platform -- that support them.
U.S. CPSC December 3, 2008	Major Apparel Retailer To Pay a $60,000 Civil Penalty For Failure To Report Drawstrings In Children's Outerwear The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today that Nordstrom Inc. has agreed to pay a $60,000 civil penalty to settle allegations that the firm knowingly failed to report that its children's hooded jackets and sweaters were sold with drawstrings at the hood and neck.
InternetNews December 30, 2008 Richard Adhikari	Certificate Flaw May Threaten Secure Web Sites Researchers say they've found a weakness in a common cryptography technology used in the digital certificates that protect many secure online transactions.
U.S. CPSC January 28, 2011	Raynor Marketing Agrees to $390,000 Civil Penalty for Failing to Report Defective Office Chairs The settlement resolves CPSC staff allegations that Raynor Marketing Ltd. was aware of a defect involving office chairs it sold to consumers, as well incidents and injuries, yet the firm failed to report immediately to CPSC as required by federal law.
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National Defense April 2010 D'Agostino & Goodwin	What Contractors Should Know About Tax Certification President Obama's directive signals that increased enforcement measures that will be closely examining the tax certification in particular. A robust internal review process is important to ensuring accurate certifications.
U.S. CPSC August 10, 2011	Perfect Fitness to Pay $425,000 Civil Penalty for Failing to Report Fall Injury Hazard with Exercise Equipment CPSC staff alleges that Perfect Fitness concluded in June 2008 that its exercise equipment was defective following re-testing of the handle design.
InternetNews November 17, 2010	Microsoft Brings Certification Program to N.C. In an effort to drive computing education and training down to younger students, Microsoft has signed up North Carolina as the inaugural state partner to offer its IT certification program in high school.
U.S. CPSC March 18, 2008	Reebok to Pay Record $1,000,000 Civil Penalty for Violation of Federal Hazardous Substances Act A $1,000,000 civil penalty settles allegations that Reebok International Ltd., of Canton, Mass., imported and distributed charm bracelets that contained toxic levels of lead.
InternetNews December 31, 2008 Richard Adhikari	Mozilla, Microsoft Move to Nix Web Security Flaw Industry rushes to address vulnerability found at the heart of some digital certificate services.
U.S. CPSC January 10, 2008	Hunting Tree Stand Manufacturer Agrees To Pay $420,000 Civil Penalty The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today that a Wisconsin-based tree stand manufacturer has agreed to pay the government a $420,000 civil penalty for failing to immediately report serious injuries to hunters with its Big Foot and Lite Foot series hunting tree stands.
JavaWorld March 2001 Todd Sundsted	Construct secure networked applications with certificates, Part 3 Certificates and public-key cryptography are great when private keys remain private. When a private key is exposed, either accidentally or maliciously, the security provided by public-key cryptography ends. Enter the certificate revocation list (CRL), an essential component of a public-key infrastructure (PKI) and the mechanism by which certificates terminate before their time.
T.H.E. Journal April 2003 Jon Haber	Certification: Your Return On Training Investments The Advanced Centers for Technology and Training (ACTT) has discovered an important way to prove the value of its technology training courses: guaranteed success on The Computing Technology Industry Association's (CompTIA) A+ certification.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 Janet Wynn	Paper Torture Why does today's securities industry, which uses some of the most sophisticated technology available, still issue and distribute equities the same way it did two centuries ago --- as pieces of paper?
U.S. CPSC October 27, 2005	CPSC Logs Record Year For Recalls, Civil Penalties, and Reports of Dangerous Products CPSC obtained the voluntary recall of 397 consumer products in fiscal year 2005. This figure represents the highest number of recalls for the agency in 10 years and includes the highest annual total ever for products not covered by a mandatory safety standard.
U.S. CPSC October 6, 2004	CPSC Targets Vulnerable, Hard-to-Reach Populations - Stratton Tells Congress About Toy and Child Product Safety Actions The CPSC chairman told the House Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection that agency continues to enforce standards, announce recalls, and prevent deaths and injuries from rising.