Sarah Hamilton

When it comes to governance, risk, and compliance, simplicity is not the first thing that comes to mind. Working in regulatory compliance can seem like an over-complicated maze of run-on sentences and unclear requirements at times. Bu...

The Safety and Environmental Management System (SEMS) program was developed for organizations to meet two core objectives i) Accident & Incident Prevention and ii) Prevention of the release of  hazardous substance in the environm...

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced late in 2013 that Barclays – one of the top 10 largest banks in the world – amounted violations resulting in over $3.75 million in fines. For the last decade, the Briti...

Something unusual has happened in the electronics manufacturing industry. Earlier on this week, Intel announced that they have achieved the goal of being "Conflict Minerals" free - as in not using any minerals that are of unknown orig...

Every company has a different way of going about selecting solutions that will work best for the organization, but there are five useful steps for all companies to abide by, at least as a starting place, to effectively select a safety...

developments in the Dodd-Frank Act focused largely on financial transaction transparencies and limitations set on the level of financial resources that could be used for investments. Although integrating this ongoing series of regulat...

Many states have regulations requiring E&P companies to disclose chemicals used in Hydraulic Fracturing to the public. The chemical makeup of fracking fluid has been a topic of heated debate in recent years. One way that these che...

It is no secret that the number of regulations continues to increase, and in a poll during a recent webinar, 90 percent of the audience believed that the number would continue to increase in the future of regulatory compliance. What i...

One crucial and significant part of risk management is the assessment of the top risks which involves a strong process of identifying and prioritizing critical risks in order to have a vivid assessment of the top risks. When the to...

My thought or question can be a dragnet type of question, although I look at all the automated software that are out there and I wonder, will “spreads” stop being the bread that supplies the butter (software)?  When it comes down...