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The Beginnings of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP)

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

So many questions… In September 2001, I was president of the new Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, and that was my main priority, along with the Children’s Health Fund. More than 100 people from New York City were among the audience in a large conference room at the Greater New York Hospital Association.

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Security Industry Association Announces Winners of the 2023 SIA Women in Biometrics Awards

Security Industry Association

Since 2001, she has applied her unique ability to bring clarity to the unpredictable and volatile world of emerging technology to the rapidly evolving biometric and digital identity marketplace. Throughout her 35-year career, Most has evangelized emerging technology on five continents.

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Want to know the top three things that scare me?

Disaster Preparedness

We don’t see vast amounts of people dying in the streets, hospitals are not overwhelmed, and funeral homes are not over-run. I have been hearing of them working with and paying North Korea to develop them as far back as late 2001. Though it is unlikely the disease will become more deadly.

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Internal Controls & Fraud Prevention

Reciprocity

These consequences came to pass when the Enron scandal broke in 2001. The collapse of Enron, along with several other corporate frauds circa 2001, led to enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2022. When news broke about a massive financial misstatement fraud at Enron, its share price quickly collapsed from around $90 to less than $1.

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