UK, Spectrum Usage Rights: A Guide Describing SURs (2008) resource Agency Guidances OCEG Reviewed
A key reason for managing spectrum is to avoid interference between different users – if all users were able to access the spectrum without any planning and yet without interfering with each other, then there would be no need for spectrum management. To avoid interference users are given licences which set out in some form their ‘rights’.
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Office of Communications (OFCOM) resource Agency Web Sites OCEG Reviewed
Ofcom was established as a body corporate by the Office of Communications Act 2002. Ofcom is the regulator for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services.
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UK, Communications Act 2003, c. 21 resource National Laws OCEG Reviewed
An Act to confer functions on the Office of Communications; to make provision about the regulation of the provision of electronic communications networks and services and of the use of the electro-magnetic spectrum; to make provision about the regulation of broadcasting and of the provision of television and radio services; to make provision about mergers involving newspaper and other media enterp
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The Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2007 resource National Regulations OCEG Reviewed
SI 2007 No. 2199, These Regulations may be cited as the Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1st October 2007.
Retention requirements regarding public communications providers and telephone, including mobile, services.
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European Parliament: Webpage on the legislative procedure on the Directive on electronic data protection resource International Materials OCEG Reviewed
Electronic communications: universal service, users' rights relating to networks and services, processing of personal data, protection of privacy, consumer protection cooperation ("Telecoms Package" [amend. Directives 2002/22/EC, 2002/58/EC and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004])
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European Commission: Proposed revision of the Directive on electronic data protection (2007) resource International Materials OCEG Reviewed
DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks, Directive 2002/58/EC concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on consumer protection cooperation.
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GRC-XML Work Group Overview - June 6, 2008 resource Presentation Slides OCEG Reviewed
The updated GRC-XML work group participation requirements and deliverables timeline
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Matter Management Leader Mitratech Becomes Thirty-Fifth OCEG Technology Council Member- OCEG News
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Los Angeles, CA and Phoenix, AZ —Mitratech and OCEG are pleased to announce that Mitratech, a leading provider of legal, compliance and security management solutions, has joined the global OCEG community as the newest member of the Technology Council. Mitratech welcomes the opportunity to contribute its 20 years of experience in corporate and operational risk management to OCEG’s extensive guidelines and standards for harnessing information technology in the pursuit of GRC performance improvement.
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TechRepublic's 2008 IT skills and salary report resource Research / Studies OCEG Reviewed
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TechRepublic presents this IT skills and salary report, created in conjunction with Global Knowledge. Find out about IT employment trends, the job market outlook, areas of growth and decline, skills that are in demand, highest-paying certs, and salary ranges broken down by region, job title, industry, and experience.
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