The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) was established to protect consumers from the increasingly intrusive methods employed by telemarketers. Information technology advances such as auto-dialers‚ predictive dialers‚ and automated faxes made it easier to reach large numbers of businesses and households in a relatively short time. These methods were not only highly annoying to consumers‚ but through the use of these devices‚ telemarketing companies were also passing some of the cost
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Information Technology Acts There were many advances in information technology that resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of certain acts that the government had to implement. The two that will be discussed in this paper are the PATRIOT Act of 2001‚ and the Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970. Both of these acts were deemed necessary due to increasing terrorist threats for the PATRIOT Act‚ and for fairness in obtaining credit for the Fair Credit Reporting Act. US PATRIOT ACT
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Week Five Reflection Summary Cassie Kodie BIS/220 6/19/2012 John McGivney Developing the right programs for a company’s needs can become a major project. Going into weeks 4 and 5‚ I did not realize how much work and detail went into planning‚ developing and implementing a software program. There is a team structure with a project manager and the involvement of the company utilizing the program can be very involved to no say at all. I learned that a scope is a list of features desired in a
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Checkpoint: Presentation Tools BIS/220 Presentation Tools There are many presentation tools available in the marketplace. Their price ranges from low to high. The more the tool has to offer‚ the more expensive. I chose to review the top three presentations tools in the marketplace - Microsoft PowerPoint‚ SoftMaker Presentations‚ and Corel Presentations. Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft PowerPoint is one of the most popular and cost-effective presentation tools today. This tool was developed
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Information Technology Acts XBIS/220 May 23‚ 2013 This week we are to pick two information technology acts to research and discuss the advances in information technology that resulted in new ethical issues that created the act. I currently work as a teller for a local bank and have chosen to research and discuss the Electronic Funds Transfer Act of 1978 and Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970. I chose both of these because they coincide with my current job. Electronic Funds Act of 1978
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This pack of BIS 220 Week 5 Discussion Questions consists of: DQ1: What are some emerging technologies available in the marketplace today? How can we benefit from them? DQ2: are some benefits of using social networking? What are some drawbacks? DQ3: What do you predict will be the most influential emerging technology for business over the next five years? Why do you think this? DQ4: How do you see social networking sites being used in the future professional
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and made a bee line to the store so fast it would put Usain Bolt to shame. When I walked in the store I was greeted by the smell of coffee and sound of The Rolling Stones song Monkey Man playing over the store speakers with the owner of the store john singing along to the song and throwing his arms up like a monkey. As soon as you walk into the store your face to face with a giant rack of used DVDs ranging from Driving Miss Daisy to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre the store itself is not very big on the
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BIS 220 Final Exam Study Guide 1) Two information systems that support the entire organization are A. enterprise resource planning systems and dashboards B. transaction processing systems and office automation systems C. enterprise resource planning systems and transaction processing systems D. expert systems and office automation systems 2) _______ is the direct use of information systems by employees in their work A. Transaction processing systems B. End-user computing C. Decision support
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Introduction Last week was our first week of class in which we discussed several different topics relating to business in the computer field also known as BIS/220. We discussed the ethical challenges surrounding the movie and music industries as they related to the internet‚ what ways the university of Phoenix deals with plagiarism‚ collaborating tools that we use in our personal and work life and different concepts of Microsoft Word that we might not have been aware of. Along with our group work
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Information Technology Acts BIS/220 Introduction to Computer Application and Systems 22 October 2012 Information Technology Acts Often when governments pass laws and acts‚ it is to serve better the people within their country or jurisdiction at that moment as well as the foreseeable future. However with the quickly changing technology of today it is not always possible to pass laws that last very long when it aimed at controlling or monitoring certain technology. In the last few decades the
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