Background Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve (NYRE) is an annual New Year’s Eve television special broadcast by ABC. The special broadcasts from New York City’s Times Square, and prominently features coverage of its annual ball drop event, along with live and pre-recorded musical performances by popular musicians from Times Square and Hollywood, respectively. Dick Clark hosted New Year’s Rockin’ Eve annually from 1973 through 2004, and served as a Times Square correspondent alongside Peter Jennings for ABC News’s special coverage of year 2000 celebrations. The complications of a stroke suffered by Clark in December 2004 had a major effect…
Author: John Greenewald
Background The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service is comparable to a board of directors of a publicly held corporation. The Board normally consists of up to nine governors appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the Senate. The nine governors select the Postmaster General, who becomes a member of the Board, and those 10 select the Deputy Postmaster General, who also serves on the Board. The Postmaster General serves at the pleasure of the governors for an indefinite term and the Deputy Postmaster General serves at the pleasure of the…
Background Excerpt: The origins of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) date from a Navy “General Plan” prepared in 1915, which assigned to Naval Intelligence the task of securing information on the navies of probable enemies. The plan contemplated obtaining information by both overt and covert means, and, in the fall of 1916, the first branch office (a small undercover unit) was established in New York City under the supervision of the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI). Heavy reliance was placed on reserve, active duty, and civilian operatives, many of the latter serving voluntarily and without pay. The office served…
Background Overview of the MIC Plan within the Organization: Control Environment Mission The NCIS mission is to conduct criminal, counterintelligence, terrorism related investigations and operations, and to provide security services as delineated in SECNAVINST 5430.107. In short, the NCIS mission is to “Prevent Terrorism, Protect Secrets and Reduce Crime.” Strategic Plan The current NCIS Strategic Plan provides the overarching strategy for the organization. Director’s guidance and program direction documents provide annual goals and objectives. An updated long term strategic plan is in development. Organizational Structure NCIS senior leadership is organized into a headquarters element, consisting of the Director, Deputy Director, Principal…
Background The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is an independent agency created by the Congress to maintain stability and public confidence in the nation’s financial system by: insuring deposits; examining and supervising financial institutions for safety and soundness and consumer protection; making large and complex financial institutions resolvable; and managing receiverships. The FDIC is a recognized leader in promoting sound public policies, addressing risks in the nation’s financial system, and carrying out its insurance, supervisory, consumer protection, resolution planning, and receivership management responsibilities. Below, you will find a current list of FDIC Circulars, often not cited or listed on their…