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The article focuses on the potential application of massive automation programs to address the increasing volume of paperwork in the U.S. securities industry. It highlights the effort of the governors of the New York and American Stock Exchanges to look for ways to break the paperwork glut. The establishment of nationwide stock quotation and trading systems by the National Security Traders Association and the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) is mentioned.

Reports automation efforts in Prescription Solutions in San Diego, California. Utilization of an optical and electronic technology replacing paper works; Development of the technology by Captiva Software Inc.; Ability of the software to grab data from images of written materials.

Explores the benefits of the Purchasing Acquisition Workflow System at Edwards Air Force Base, California in the management of their paper work. Efficiency in processing of documents located in in-baskets; Plans to install workflow system for bulk orders; Combination of workflow and imaging applications.

Reports on the pursuit of paperless contracting process at the United States Department of Defense. Comments from United States Navy Captain Ted Case; Benefit from online work; Obstacles to online contracting. INSET: The Shift Away From Paper.

The article discusses the need according to Representative Steve Buyer, chairman of the U.S. House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to make medical records automated. However, senior military efforts told him that fully electronic medical records will not be available for five to ten years. The issue for medical records is whether the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs clinics and hospitals have full access to service medical treatment files.

The article reports on efforts of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to swift to a paperless system. Several advantages of the electronic file system include ease for companies in sending in their financial data and public's instant access to information through home or office computers. The agency plans to streamline its review and analysis process by installing a computerized system, called EDGAR for electronic data gathering and retrieval.

Reports about the features of an optical data storage jukebox and its value in the Department of Building Inspections (DBI) of San Francisco. Addition of an imaging application technology to the Hewlett-Packard Model 200T in DBI.

The article focuses on issues concerning the shortage in raw materials which affected all industries in the U.S. as well as their productivity. It reports that among the industries that were mostly affected by the shortage are the steel industry, paper industry, and petroleum industry. It mentions that these industries have considered the use of computer control systems to compensate for the loss and to reduce waste.

The article announces several conferences related to computer science in the U.S. including the 1978 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data to be held at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas from May 31-June 2, 1978, the Computer Algebra Symposium to be held at the University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin on May 26, 1978 and the 15th Design Automation Conference to be held at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada from June 10-21,1978.

The article focuses on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision to mandate the electronic Common Technical Documents (eCTD) specification as a standard format for the submission of all new drug application and supplements. The mandate, which was implemented at the start of 2008, prompts pharmaceutical manufacturers to automate and streamline their operations.

The article reports on the plans of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to spread International Business Machines (IBM) Corp.'s technology to other areas throughout the nation. IBM installed its prototype for a nationwide health information network at various hospitals. It is one of the major initiatives by the Department that aims to convert paper hospital records to electronic format.

The article focuses on the application of automation in academic libraries to meet their needs. It says that the surge in information particularly the emergence of vast number of articles offers problems to libraries. It adds that automation can help libraries manage their suffocation by paper and helps readers to discover available information. Moreover, lots of libraries use data-processing machines to manage record book purchases, track books that are lent, and issue overdue notices.

A calendar of events related to the computing machinery sector is presented. On June 12, 1977, the "Association of Computing Machinery SIGBIO Symposium on Health Computing Careers" will be held in Dallas, Texas. Meanwhile, the "Symposium on Moving Problems" will be held from September 26 to 28, 1977 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. From October 3 to 5, 1977, the "Symposium on Computer Application in Medical Care" will be conducted in Washington, D.C.

Describes the automation of the curricular change process at Monroe Community College in Rochester, New York. Problems with the traditional curricular change process; Primary objective of the curriculum database project; Approaches used by the development team to eliminate or reduce structural barriers.

The article discusses the integration of technology in family court litigation process in the U.S. Topics mentioned include the law firm McLaren and Lee in Columbia, South Carolina, trial presentation and document management, and electronic versions of paper exhibits and evidences. It also mentions fact-finding through hearing or auditory, seeing or visual, and doing or kinesthetics.

Reports on media buyer Western Initiative Media's desire for United States television stations to install an electronic advertising invoicing system. Touted advantages of making the process electronic.

The article presents an overview on the acceleration of the pace of change in the news industry in the U.S. It highlights the adoption of the Associated Press (AP) on the new technology, choosing a system developed by Londonderry, New Hampshire-based Hendrix Electronics Inc. The innovation uses a modified cathode-ray-tub device (CRT), combining a television screen and a keyboard linked to a central computer. The investment in new machines contributes major advantages at deadline time. It highlights the certainties of news executives on their investment despite complaints of some reporters and desk-men on adjustment problems.

The article discusses papers published in the special section of "IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control" which focuses on symbolic methods for complex control systems in the June 2006 issue. Two papers which focuses on the study of the problem of control using strings of symbolic control languages, maneuver automata, or control quanta are presented. Another study conducted by Paulo Tabuada examines the problem of producing finite models of continuous systems, by constructing models that contain only a finite number of the possible trajectories.

The article presents updates related to management in the U.S. as of May 7, 1960. A symposium was conducted by the Carnegie Tech Graduate School of Industrial Administration on the impact of machines on management. A decision was made by Champion Paper & Fibre Co. to eliminate its aviation department. Management employees of Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. are being offered a new home study course in business administration.

This article presents information on the forthcoming events related to the computing machinery. The 1967 International Symposium on Information Theory," is going to be held from September 6-8 in Athens, Greece. The 22nd Annual Instrument Society of America (ISA) Conference and Exhibit is going to be held September 11-14 in Chicago, Illinois. The Symposium on Computer Control of Natural Resources and Public Utilities is going to be held from September 11-14 in Israel. The 5th International Cybernetics Congress is going to be held from September 11-15 in Belgium. The Joint Conference of Univac Users Association and Univac Scientific Exchange is going to be held from September 19-22 in Minneapolis.

The article focuses on the dispute between publisher Dorothy Schiff of "The New York Post" and International Typographical Union Local No. 6 president Bertram Powers in the U.S. It notes that the issue started when the men of Powers refuse to operate the installed punch-tape computers by Schiff to cut production costs. It claims demands for an equal sharing of all wage savings while Schiff argued that she would not share savings in any year in which the paper failed to make a profit.

Describes Seattle, Washington-based heating, ventilation, and airconditioning services provider MacDonald-Miller Industries' information technology strategy. Deployment of mobile computers and wireless communication technologies in field dispatch and inventory automation; Benefits include decreased response time to customer inquiries and improved accuracy of management decisions.

The article examines the application of artificial intelligences (AI) for the legal practice. Topics discussed include the functions of the AI components, namely, human interfaces, intelligent automation and machine learning, possible programmer, data and application biases that could corrupt an AI program, and the challenge posed by findings on gender, race, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender plus (LGBT+) and disability representation at law firms and courts.

Two American businesses, BP's Texas City petrochemical plant and R.R. Donnelley's Roanoke plant, used digital technology to revitalize their factories. Amid a jumble of minaret-like distillation towers, fat natural gas furnaces, and massive storage tanks, all connected by snaking thick pipes, BP's sprawling petrochemical plant in Texas City, Texas, is changing the face of an industry. Completed last year, it has already paid for itself in additional revenues and operational savings, and has solidified the Texas City plant's standing as a leading producer of specialty chemicals. At its Roanoke, Va., plant, where presses run around the clock producing 3.5 million four-color books a month, Donnelley has created a showcase for innovation. The Roanoke plant is a sprawling steel, brick, and glass structure of some 288,000 square feet, erected on a gently sloping hillside overlooking Roanoke Valley, with the Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance. At this giant facility, which makes 3.5 million books a month, productivity has risen 20%, and service has improved.

The article offers information on the use of SNAP EBT program by various states in the U.S. to deliver cash benefits and other related payments that has previously been delivered by check. It notes that other private contractors provide EBT program services through the use of cost-per-case-month model that is less than the cost of paper delivery.

Highlights the heavy strike by workers of Book Review, a stable shop located at West 43rd Street in New York City in the face of changing technology and automation. Prospects of job of employees after the automation; Concerns of trade union over job security of workers; Demand of workers towards their increment in their pay-off.

The article reports on the establishment of John Diebold Inc., a management and investment company formed by automation pioneer John Diebold in the U.S. It mentions that the company will specialize in financing containers particularly designed for highway, rail, water and air transportation. Moreover, it states that automation is a management problem for top executives and new technology is arising to produce social changes.

This article discusses the advent of electronic banking in the U.S. It explains that bank clients and bankers are talking about how the start of banking automation will impact the consumers and the industry. Some are suggesting that it will start the process towards a checkless and cashless society with lawyers saying that is a mistaken bank computer denies an account holder's identity a court may rule against the person because the computer is more reliable. It identifies the changes that will happen in the industry within a decade starting in 1970. INSETS: When on credit card fills the bill;New criminals for the new era;What clogs the pipeline in banking.

The article presents schedule of various events related to the computer industry. It is reported that the Thirteenth International Symposium on Industrial Robots, will be held at Chicago, Illinois, during April 18-21, 1983. The Society for Information Display International Symposium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will be held during May 9-13, 1983. NAECON'83: The National Aerospace and Electronics Conference," will be held during May 17-19, 1983, at Dayton, Ohio.

The article offers updates on journalism. The truck drivers' union Teamster Local 610 had attacked the newspaper "Post-Dispatch" after the negotiations between the newspaper and its truck drivers for a new automated delivery system in Saint Louis, Missouri. The Capitol Hill News Service would set five reporters to track the 40-50 preselected congressmen in Washington D.C., taking investigative and feature coverage on the legislators. Journalist Jack Begon of the American Broadcasting Co. (ABC) was said to be kidnapped by the criminal organization Mafia when he was gone missing in Italy.

The article informs about Richard B. Pollman, architect of Toledo, Ohio who worked out a Unicom standard for Home Planners Inc., which publishes house plans. It states that the new standard would mean more savings for homeowners, builders and manufacturers. It states that the project financed by National Lumber Manufacturers Association and National Association of Home Builders fits more than 90% of the homes built in U.S. Builders feels that Unicom would bring automation in building industry.

Focuses on apprehensions of labor movement towards job insecurity in the face of frequent change in technology and automation in the U.S. Impact of technology on the productivity of workers; Concerns of International Typographical Union (ITU) for job security of printing workers; Challenges faced by labor movement.

The article offers news briefs related to the businesses in the U.S. The staff of the Illinois Department of Human Services have shifted to more automation by using the AdobeLiveCycle solutions. The Kansas Health Policy Authority has been contracted for the HealthWave Clearinghouse program of the Policy Studies Institute. Deloitte LLP has successfully acquired the assets of the North American Public Services of BearingPoint Inc.

The article focuses on the Disclosure Manager, an automated solution designed to replace a lender's paper-based home loan disclosure process, from Wolters Kluwer Financial Services in the U.S. Disclosure Manager allows lenders to automate the entire initial loan disclosure process, from document creation to the secure electronic delivery of documents to borrowers for electronic-signature.

The article deals with the move to automation by foreign trade zones (FTZ) in the U.S. The impact of automation on FTZ is stated by Ray Shaw, president of the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones. It states the role of national security concerns in the decision of the Customs and Border Protection to automate foreign trade zones. The benefits of the Automated Commercial Environment for FTZ are outlined.

A five-fingered robot hand able to perform a variety of jobs considered unsafe for humans is under construction at New York State Center for Advanced Technology in Automation and Robotics at Rensselaer Institute. The first anatomically correct robot hand can pick up a coffee mug, wave a banner or move a pencil over a piece of paper. The hand, which is controlled telerobotically by an operator wearing a special glove, is being evaluated for nuclear power plant maintenance chores.

The article reports that Delta Corrugated Paper Products has purchased corrugate software from Advanced Software Inc. in the U.S. The article notes that software will be used to automate the operations in their box plant and offices. In addition, the article adds that the software include plant data collection, job costing and sales service.

The article reports on the energy-efficient practices implemented by paper packaging company FiberMark Inc. in the U.S. These are the utilization of biofuels, such as vegetable oil, to generate electricity and the installation of sensors and control systems that automatically turn off lights in unoccupied areas. FiberMark stresses that the move enable the company to save energy costs by $65,800 a year and anticipates to reduce consumption by 880,000 kilowatt per hour a year.

The article reports on issues and events related to the automation industry in the U.S. as of February 2007. Control system provider ABB AB has been awarded a contract by Australian Paper Ltd. to supply System 800xA Extended Automation to Australian Paper. GE Water & Process Technologies has signed a contract with Shenhua Group Coal Liquefaction Co. to provide a Zero Liquid Discharge system solution. Berend Bracht has been appointed as president and chief executive officer of Bosch Rexroth China.

The article looks at the technological revolution in the equipment used by the U.S. Army on battlefield. During the American Revolution, paper, voice and flags were used as means of communication. Communication technologies that have transformed the Army's method of fighting include the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System, the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment One and the Program Executive Office Command, Control, and Communications Tactical's Force XXI Battle Command Brigade-and-Below Blue Force Tracking.

Daniel Pink's bestselling book, A Whole New Mind, discusses the abilities that people will need to master in order to be successful in a world where many jobs are either automated or outsourced. He calls these qualities the six senses: design, story, symphony, empathy, play, and meaning. Although Mr. Pink is a business writer, his message has resonated with many teachers, administrators, and other educators. The reason is simple: teachers and schools need to equip today's students with these abilities so they can be successful in tomorrow's economy. In this interview with PDK, Mr. Pink discusses his book and how its ideas influence education. He talks about the impact No Child Left Behind has had on curriculum and how development of the six senses could be measured. He offers ideas for how elementary and secondary schools can prepare students for the Conceptual Age and suggests how teacher preparation programs can better prepare future teachers. He recommends strategies for teachers who want to integrate the six senses in unexpected ways, such as teaching design in reading or story in math. He also shares his ideas about when and how students can begin to develop these abilities and the role that teachers can play in this process. He compares development of the six senses to the process of learning another language. He suggests that it's important for schools to break down the barriers between subjects so that students become adept at making connections between different disciplines. Mr. Pink argues that the most important prefix in today's economy is multi, and the people who will be most employable will be those who can move smoothly across boundaries and be multi: multilingual, multicultural, multidisciplinary. People who are multi will be better at solving problems, and the first step toward helping students become more multi is educating them so that they can see the connections between things. Finally, he addresses each of the six senses individually and offers practical ways for educators to incorporate them into their classrooms and professional lives. He suggests ways that educators can help students develop a design sensibility, discusses the role of story in academic papers, recommends some strategies for teaching students symphony, shares some ideas for helping students develop empathy, argues that video games can be good in moderation because they help students develop a sense of play, and addresses the challenge of teaching students about meaning. Mr. Pink travels internationally to speak about the ideas in his book, and educators--including the American Association of School Administrators--are among the audiences he addresses. His message is clear: the abilities that will matter most in the 21st century are the ones that we're not taking seriously enough. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article provides information on the Web-based purchase-request-and-commitment (PR&C) system for the use of U.S. Army personnel at Camp Stronghold Freedom in Karshi-Khanabad Airbase in Uzbekistan. The project was started after the logistics task force commander initiated a Joint-Acquisition Review Board (JARB) to provide management controls to purchasing supplies and equipment needed by the base. The article also discusses the advantages of the automated system over a paper-based system.

The article reports on simplification of registration processes of recreation activities in Virginia from paperless automated systems including views of Jakub Jedrzejczak, Loudoun County database administration team manager, regarding the same.

Focuses on New Castle County, Delaware lawyers' use of Mead Data Central's CLAD, computer software that allows the filing of pleadings with the use of computer modems. Elimination of the need for courthouse attendance; Features of the program; Efficiency.

The article presents the views of Kevin Perkins of AcuoSerra LLC, one of the speakers of the National Tank Truck Carriers Inc.'s 2010 Cargo Tank Maintenance Seminar in Louisville, Kentucky from November 8-10, on cargo tank document automation. He suggested that truck carriers must prioritize document automation so they can focus on moving their product safely and profitably. Perkins stressed that document automation allows carriers to bring uniformity across all vendors.

The article discusses the improvement of productivity at Levi Strauss & Co. through automation and in-house research and development (R&D) in the U.S. It notes that an electro-optical control system has been implemented to sewing machines to attain full automation of assembly lines. It mentions that the profitable position of Levi Strauss is reflected by its willingness to invest in R&D projects. INSET: Levi Strauss legs it toward automation.