Considerable interest has been directed by the ObamaAdministration in harnessing Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs, wikis, social media and cloud computing to overhaul the business of government. Addressed here is the account of an enterprise wiki at the U.S. State Department. That wiki, Diplopedia is currently employed by the State's employees to share subject matter knowledge related to the process of diplomacy . Contained herein is an account of how Diplopedia was conceived and became a functional system for knowledge sharing at the Department of State (DoS).

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This paper critically analyzes Geoffrey Chaucer's character Allison of his tale "The Wife of Bath" within the Canterbury Tales. The argument is made that Chaucer intentionally used this character to present his personal feminist ideals to his audience, thereby acting as an advocate for women under the guise of literary author. Evidence will be presented both from the text by analyzing her characterization, imagery, and dialog while the weight of this thesis will rest upon The Cambridge Companion to Chaucer evidence presented by scholars, particularly from the "Chaucer Review" scholarly journal, as well as research conducted on the life and times of women during the medieval era.

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explain the SEC's final rule, issued on July 27, 2009, making the “close‐out” requirement in Interim Temporary Final Rule 204T permanent and eliminating the short sale and position reporting requirements in Form SH.Design/methodology/approachThe paper explains certain limited modifications to the Temporary Rule, including Rule 204(a)(1), which permits borrowing of securities to close out a fail to deliver position; Rule 204(a)(2), which defines an extended‐settlement provision for fail to deliver positions resulting from the sale of an equity security a person is “deemed to own”; Rule 204(b), which eliminates an exception for market makers; Rule 204(e), which permits a broker‐dealer to borrow a security for an early close‐out to claim a “pre‐fail credit”; and Rule 204(f), which explicitly prohibits “sham close‐out” practices. It explains the SEC's decision to eliminate the weekly requirement for certain managers to file weekly short sale and short position information on Form SH and instead to work with self‐regulatory organizations (SROs) to make short sale volume and transaction data available on their web sites.FindingsThe paper finds that the SEC intends to host a public roundtable in September 30, 2009 to discuss securities lending, pre‐borrowing and possible additional short sale disclosures.Originality/valueThe paper provides practical guidance from experienced securities lawyers.

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