Tag: Veterans Day

Veterans Day Compliance Bricks and Mortar

Please remember to those who have served in the armed forces for the sacrifices they have made.

Below are some of the compliance-related stories that caught my attention.

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Donald Trump’s Transition Team: We Will ‘Dismantle’ Dodd-Frank in the Wall Street Journal

The brief note on Mr. Trump’s new website marked the first time since Tuesday’s election that the president-elect addressed financial regulatory policy. The statement was consistent with Mr. Trump’s campaign trail rhetoric, blaming the Obama administration’s signature response to the financial crisis for a tepid economy and promising to “replace it with new policies to encourage economic growth and job creation,” but providing few details. [More…]

When Compliance Counsel Speaks, CCOs Should Listen by Tom Fox in FCPA Compliance & Ethics

I was recently having breakfast with a colleague and we were discussing the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Compliance Counsel Hui Chen and what we believe to be the positive impact she has had on the compliance community, compliance programs and the role of the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO). I told him about some of her public remarks about what constitutes an effective compliance program.  [More…]

Five Post-Election Points for CCOs to Ponder by Matt Kelly in Radical Compliance

Well, the American people, in their endless wisdom or lack thereof, elected Donald Trump to the White House and gave us a Congress even more deeply divided than before.

The post-mortems on what happened last night and what it means for the country will be many, and last for months. Compliance officers can get started with a few items that should be on your radar screen today.

Key Lawmakers are gone, or busy [More…]

Here’s How the SEC Is Using Big Data to Catch Insider Trading in Reuters

Formed in 2010, the Analysis and Detection Center of the SEC’s Market Abuse Unit culls through billions of rows of trading data going back 15 years to identify individuals who have made repeated, well-timed trades ahead of corporate news.

The new strategy is starting to show results, enabling the SEC to launch nine insider trading cases, around 7% of cases the agency brought since 2014 against people who trade on confidential corporate information.  [More…]

 

Veterans Day – Remember Those Who Serve

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Raymond Weeks of Birmingham, Alabama, organized a Veterans Day parade for that city on November 11, 1947, to honor all of America’s Veterans for their loyal service. Later, U.S. Representative Edward H. Rees of Kansas proposed legislation changing the name of Armistice Day to Veterans Day to honor all who have served in America’s Armed Forces.

In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill proclaiming November 11th as Veterans Day and called upon Americans everywhere to rededicate themselves to the cause of peace. He issued a Presidential Order directing the head of the Veterans Administration, now the Department of Veterans Affairs, to form a Veterans Day National Committee to organize and oversee the national observance of Veterans Day.

Take a few minutes today to remember those who served.

Salute a Veteran

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed an Armistice Day for November 11, 1919.

“To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…”

The United States Congress passed a resolution seven years later on June 4, 1926, requesting the President issue another proclamation to observe November 11 with appropriate ceremonies. An Act approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday:

“a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as ‘Armistice Day’.”

Congress amended this act on November 8, 1954, replacing “Armistice” with Veterans, and it has been known as Veterans Day since.

My thoughts go out to Marine Corps Sergeant Jason Cohen, currently serving.

Salute a Veteran

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U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed an Armistice Day for November 11, 1919.

“To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…”

The United States Congress passed a resolution seven years later on June 4, 1926, requesting the President issue another proclamation to observe November 11 with appropriate ceremonies. An Act approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday:

“a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as ‘Armistice Day’.”

Congress amended this act on November 8, 1954, replacing “Armistice” with Veterans, and it has been known as Veterans Day since.

My thoughts go out to Marine Corps Corporal Jason Cohen