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Tech: Another good InfoWorld article. This one is about HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. There’s a lot of pressure on IT professionals to comply, but many managers don’t know what exactly is required.

Tech: ZDNet reports that up to 80% of US CIOs are unaware of their responsibilities to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley regulations.

Tech: MSNBC - Justice monitors new Microsoft software: Oh, Microsoft would never do anything so sinister and devious. “The Justice Department has begun looking closely at the next generation of Microsoft’s Windows operating system, to ensure that it meets the terms of an antitrust settlement reached with the company more than two years ago. Renata Hesse, the Justice Department lawyer in charge of monitoring Microsoft’s compliance with the agreement, told a federal judge yesterday that the government wants to look at the software, code-named Longhorn, early enough in its development so that it is not presented as a “fait accompli” that would be difficult to change.”