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The Fallout of Sequester Cuts

April 25, 2013

While every community has, in some way, been affected by the “sequester” imposed on March 1 of this year, it took almost 2 months for the general public – the traveling kind anyway – to start feeling its widespread effects. On Sunday, April 20th, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration furloughed all 47,000 agency employees, including…

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TSA Delays Its Decision to Allow Knives on Planes

April 24, 2013

Pressure from flight attendant unions and politicians resulted in the TSA “temporarily delaying” its decision from March 5, to allow certain knives, tools and other implements that could be used as weapons on board airplanes (see our blog entry regarding the new ruling). This policy was supposed to free up screeners and alert them to more…

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Das deutsche Generalkonsulat in Atlanta warnt

April 24, 2013

Eine Nachricht vom Sicherheitsbeauftragten des deutschen Generalkonsulats in Atlanta nach den Bombenanschlägen in Boston: Die Anschläge in Boston entsprechen dem traditionellen Muster: Gefährdet sind in besonderem Maße Menschenansammlungen, symbolträchtige Tage und Orte. In Atlanta haben Bürgermeister Reed, die Atlanta Braves (die…in den kommenden Wochen spielen) und das Nahverkehrssystem MARTA Erklärungen veröffentlicht, dass sie ihre Sicherheitsmaßnahmen…

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Immigration Reform Bill – Key Provisions

April 18, 2013

A bipartisan group of Senators, known as the “Gang of Eight” introduced their immigration reform proposal, an 844-page document, on April 17. The Obama administration reacted positively to the news that the group introduced the bill and urged the Senate “to quickly move this bill forward” and pledged to “do whatever it takes to make…

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H-1 B Lottery

April 11, 2013

On April 7, 2013, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) conducted a computer-generated random lottery of the entire H-1B cap for FY 2014 petitions received from April 1 – April 5, 2013. The agency received approximately 124,000 H-1B petitions during the filing period, including petitions filed for the advanced degree exemption. According to the agency,…

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USCIS Reaches FY 2014 H-1B Cap

April 6, 2013

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on April 5, 2013 hat it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap for fiscal year (FY) 2014. USCIS has also received more than 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on behalf of persons exempt from the cap under the advanced degree exemption. After April…

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The Struggle of College Availability

March 27, 2013

(c) freedigitalphotos.net The recent cuts in public expenses for public colleges and universities do not only concern present and future students, but although almost every company in the United States. The economic success of a company greatly depends on the potential of its employees. Therefore, companys do have a strong interest in well developed public…

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EB5 Visa Shifting

March 27, 2013

(c) freedigitalphotos.net The SEC is looking into various EB5-related Securities violations. Also the USCIS has a major incentive in ensuring that the EB5 program works, and continues to produce jobs, as Congress intended it to do. Securities violations are jeopardizing Regional Center operations, the job-creating mission of the EB5 program is in peril, something where…

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BYOD – Is your Company Prepared to Manage the Risks?

March 26, 2013

(c) photo: freedigitalphotos.net It is an unstoppable trend: Employees are bringing their own mobile devices (laptops, tablets and smart phones) to their workplace and using them for business purposes. BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), also called bring your own technology, is making significant inroads in the business world with about 60% of employees already using…

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SCAM ALERT

March 21, 2013

(c) freedigitalphotos.net Have you been recently contacted by any company offering to prepare your 2013 annual minutes? The Secretary of State’s Office has once again issued a Scam Alert regarding National Business Register: Be aware that the law of North Carolina does not require you to file corporate minutes with the North Carolina Secretary of State’s…

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