Letters from NYC

Day 1

Started the new job today. It was interesting; especially getting the White House, Sentate, and House briefings faxed to me. Something I have to read on a daily basis. Woohoo! Also exciting was a last minute crisis before a legislative vote. Notice I'm not writing which state, there's a reason for that and that's the bad part.

The bad part of this job, (and believe me, I can live with it!) is that I'll have to be careful not to blog about certain items due to SEC, NASDAQ, European Union, and WTO Charter Agreements (just to name a few).

My first challenge today, which I'm still researching, is what personal information absolutely cannot be retained in our corporate files. In some states and countries, a spouse's name and identifying data, along with their personal affiliations and investments must be part of our permanent records, whereas in others, it's absolutely prohibited. So today I had to do some digging on this, that was the fun part. Once I find the answer, I have to communicate that in several directions before I can modify our policies and database.

Not bad for a first day's work! !