Outsourcing Law & Business Journal – April 2011

Insights by Bierce & Kenerson, P.C. Editor. www.biercekenerson.com.

Vol. 11, No. 3, April 2011

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Editor’s Note: Bierce & Kenerson, P.C. is following the legislation for the Consumer Privacy “Bill of Rights” Act of 2011 (featured in this newsletter issue) and may announce a webinar on this matter as it moves forward in the legislative process.  If you would like to hear more on this subject, click here to send us a quick e-mail.

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1.  U.S. Data Protection:  The Draft Commercial Privacy “Bill of Rights” Act of 2011.

2.  Humor.

3.  Conferences.

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1.  U.S. Data Protection:  The Draft Commercial Privacy “Bill of Rights” Act of 2011. On April 12, 2011, Senators John Kerry (D., Mass.) and John McCain (R., Ariz.) sponsored a Consumer Privacy “Bill of Rights” Act of 2011 to protect personally identifiable information (“PII”) and sensitive PII of U.S. consumers.  If enacted, the bill would delegate regulatory authority to the Federal Trade Commission to regulate to all transactions (wherever processed) concerning U.S. consumers’ PII and sensitive PII where the data processor collects, uses, transfers or stores covered information concerning more than 5,000 individuals during any consecutive 12-month period.  For more, click here.

2.  Humor.

3.  Conferences.

May 23-25, 2011, SSON’s 11th Annual Shared Services for Finance & Accounting, Dallas, Texas. This event brings togther industry leaders to provide the fundamentals of efficiency, quality and service and show innovative ways to grow you shared service center:

• Drive efficiency:  Build a value proposition outside of just productivity to further improve quality and decrease costs.
• Current trends:  Debate in-house vs. outsourcing strategies and make sure you choose the right model and technologies for your business
• Process ownership:  Continually improve your shared service center to enable growth
• Accelerate improvement:  Re-engineer processes to move beyond labor arbitrage

Create a clear strategy for your business with case studies presented by ING< Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, PepsiCo, Walmart, Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Kraft and many more! To register, visit www.SharedServicesFA.com, call 1-800-882-8684 or email iqpc@iqpc.com. Mention code SSFAOL20 for an exclusive 20% discount available to outsourcing-law.com subscribers.

May 23-25, 2011, SSON presents its 9th Annual HR Shared Services and Outsourcing Summit, Chicago, Illinois, which focuses on Trends in HR Transformation dn HR Shared Services for the Next Decade.  This conference will look back at what’s worked and provide you with a look forward to new trends in operations, models, globalization, virtualization, enabling technologies, staffing and much, much more. Whether you are in the beginning, middle or mature stages of your HR transformation –  or creation of HR Shared Services – the trends o this next decade will have an enormous impact on your success. For more information, please visit their website.

June 27 – 28, 2011, IQPC presents eDiscovery Strategies for Government, Washington, D.C. IQPC’s eDiscovery Strategies for Government will offer key insights to stay on top of emerging challenges and how to craft thorough, cost-effective and defensible eDiscovery. Additionally our expert faculty will provide key benefits for government organizations. Join IQPC’s eDiscovery Strategies for Government Summit to network and learn from your peers on how to proactively establish a protocol for preserving and gathering electronically stored information. Join members of the U.S. Dept. of Justice, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Department of Justice- Antitrust Division, Federal Trade Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, United States Department of Agriculture and more.  Visit their website for more information.

September 20-22, 2011 SSON presents Finance Transformation 2011, Dallas, Texas. This conference is targeted to owners, controllers, procurement leads, sourcing strategists, shared services and global finance leads who want a complete view of transformation, incorporating holistic vision and operating strategy, end-to-end process optimizations, technology enablement, business performance management and sourcing strategy, whether that strategy is shared services, outsourcing or a combination of the two.  Click here to get more information.
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