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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: implications for large-scale IT outsourcing

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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 50 , Issue 3 (March 2007) table of contents
Emergency response information systems: emerging trends and technologies

Pages: 95 - 100

Year of Publication: 2007

ISSN:0001-0782

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James A. Hall	Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Stephen L. Liedtka	Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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Until they are certain that outsourcing IT management is the best possible option, firms would do well to maintain and invest in their own in-house IT assets.

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