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The U.S. State Department said this week it recently fined U.S. defense contractor Honeywell $13 million after the company was found to have “harmed national security” by sharing sensitive information about U.S. military aircraft with China and other countries.The U.S. State Department said on May 3 it had reached a settlement with Honeywell on 34 charges related to 71 drawings it shared with China, Taiwan, Ireland, Canada, and Mexico from 2011-2015. Honeywell’s sharing of the documents violated the U.S. Arms Export Control Act and the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations.“The U.S. Government reviewed copies of the 71 drawings and...

After an investigation of the state’s largest liquor retailer, the TABC sought to yank permits for all 164 of the company’s stores — which would effectively shut it down — or hit Spec’s with fines of up to $713 million, according to court documents filed last week...The judges said TABC failed to prove dozens of allegations, rebuked agency lawyers for failing to disclose evidence to their own witness (and the court) and called out the agency for “stacking” charges, a tactic commonly used to pressure defendants into a settlement...“The governor continues to be deeply concerned about the pattern of practice...

My first post and it’s a vanity! LOL! Anyways I have a serious question I need some advice on. I am assisting in developing a web application (i.e. I am hiring somebody to write the app). It is replacing a current application that uses Notetab Lite. Notetab using scripts allows a user to search for .tiff and .doc files that have been scanned into certain folders. The user double clicks on the .tiff file and a tiff viewer (Black Ice) comes up with the image (scanned black and white forms duplex). The "Server" is usually a Windows XP Pro workstation...