D1. Defense Science Board Task Force, Report on U.S. Strategic Communication, Washington, September 2004 (excerpts).

The Defense Science Board (DSB) is a federal advisory committee established in 2001 to provide independent advice to the Secretary of Defense. Early in 2004, the DSB created a special task force on U.S. Strategic Communication with the ultimate aim of making recommendations geared to improving America's negative image in world opinion. The ten-member task force, comprising academics and analysts from the private sector working with a panel of government advisers, presented its 111-page final report——which concludes that U.S. strategic communication ““must be transformed““——in August 2004. Footnotes in the excerpts below have been eliminated for space considerations. The entire report can be viewed on the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Web site at www.acq.osd.mil.

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Canadian Athletic Therapists' Association Education Task Force Consensus Statements

Athletic Training Education Journal ◽

10.4085/11015 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 5-9 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Mark R. Lafave ◽

Glen Bergeron ◽

Connie Klassen ◽

Kelly Parr ◽

Dennis Valdez ◽

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Keyword(s):

Task Force ◽

Final Report ◽

Task Force Report ◽

Entry Level ◽

Program Accreditation ◽

Adoption And Implementation ◽

Consensus Statements ◽

Key Issues ◽

Athletic Therapy ◽

Therapy Education

Context: A published commentary from 2 of the current authors acted as a catalyst for raising some key issues that have arisen in athletic therapy education in Canada over the years. Objective: The purpose of this article is to report on the process followed to establish a number of consensus statements related to postsecondary athletic therapy education in Canada. The consensus statements should act as a future plan for entry-level athletic therapy education. Design: Content validation for consensus statements. Setting: Video-conference meetings at 7 Canadian postsecondary colleges/universities. Patients or Other Participants: Canadian Athletic Therapists' Association (CATA) program directors and CATA leaders from education, certification, and program accreditation committees. Main Outcome Measure(s): A Delphi method and modified Ebel procedure were used to gather opinions from participants about athletic therapy education. Results: We created 10 consensus statements, with a series of caveats that are presented in this article. All components received at least 80% consensus from the expert validation group. Conclusions: The final Education Task Force Report was created and content was validated by a group of experts in the topics associated with every consensus statement. The final report was presented to the CATA Board of Directors for adoption and implementation.

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Combating the financing of proliferation: challenges and new tools

Journal of Financial Crime ◽

10.1108/jfc-06-2019-0082 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 1107-1121 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ian John Stewart ◽

Andrea Viski ◽

Jonathan Brewer

Keyword(s):

Private Sector ◽

Money Laundering ◽

Task Force ◽

National Level ◽

Weapons Of Mass Destruction ◽

Original Research ◽

Financial Crime ◽

Task Force Report ◽

Content Type ◽

Terrorist Financing

Purpose This paper aims to examine why most governments appear to attach less importance to countering proliferation finance than they do to countering money laundering or terrorist financing. Design/methodology/approach The paper examines this question from a number of perspectives including a definitional perspective, a national regulatory perspective and a private sector implementation perspective. Findings It is shown that there are presently significant gaps in counter proliferation finance implementation at the national level, with follow-on implications for private sector compliance. Research limitations/implications A key finding is that most governments do not address the issue of proliferation finance as distinct from other forms of financial crime such as terrorist financing or money laundering. Practical implications Practical opportunities for improved financial sector implementation of counter proliferation finance controls are identified, but it is argued that it is states that must do more to meet their obligations for improvements to be realised. Social implications The risk of not doing so is that the financial system will continue to be misused to finance the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Originality/value The study seeks to fill a gap in existing academic literature on the question of why proliferation finance receives less attention than other forms of financial crime. The study builds on original research undertaken by the authors including the typologies of proliferation finance, which were later incorporated into an updated Financial Action Task Force report on this topic, as well as events organised by the authors to explore the topic of proliferation finance implementation with governments and the private sector.

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