Under the draft procurement standards, software makers that do business with New York State agencies must certify that they have rid their code of the Top 25 Errors. The language insists that vendors should conduct an analysis using the Top 25 list and document in writing that they have been mitigated.
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“He has to get back in control, and the only way he does it is by putting a staff together,” said a highly placed state Democratic leader. “If he doesn’t, it could result in a disaster in 2010, reversing all the gains of 2008.”
“He’s got a whole year,” the Democrat continued. “But he has to demonstrate something he hasn’t shown yet – that he can do the job.”
Many Albany veterans suspect that Mr. Smith and the Democrats will find some way to avoid reform now that they are in charge. Maybe. But for Senate Democrats, this is their first real test. If they can really change the culture in the Senate — not try to sell a few tweaks of the rules as reform — they might embarrass the Assembly to make its house more democratic as well.
These people in the photos are believed to be “cashers,” low-level players, in a scheme devised from some mastermind – a dangerous computer hacker or hacking ring authorities fear could strike again.
and so it begins… at noon, he took out his razor, shaved a 5cm square on his left arm & opened the package. after a bit of befuddlement, the nicotine patch started to tingle.
noneck’s kicking the habbit
Sunlight’s RealTime Investigations reports that Rep. Charlie Rangel’s ethics problems are growing http://bit.ly/RaLC
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Exxon Mobil reported the largest annual profit in U.S. history Friday, making $45.22 billion on the back of record oil prices.
Mr. Axelrod said. “The chance to be under the same roof with his kids, essentially to live over the store, to be able to see them whenever he wants, to wake up with them, have breakfast and dinner with them — that has made him a very happy man.”
Lessons learned in video games may transcend computers, PlayStations and Wiis. New research suggests that virtual worlds sway real-life choices. Twenty-two volunteers who played a cycling game learned to associate one team’s jersey with a good flavored drink and another team’s jersey with a bad flavored drink. Days later, ¾ of the subjects avoided the same jersey in a real-world test. Marketers and lawyers will take note.