Early on, the acting PM issued a directive that all new state executive councilors declare their assets to the Anti-Corruption Agency.

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Since nothing has been happening in Washington lately except speeches, President Obama seized the moment and ended his State of the Union day by issuing an Executive Order (EO) and Presidential Policy Directive 21 (PPD-21) on critical infrastructure cybersecurity.

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Across the state, officers take the oath every day, he says, and many from the executive branch are already doing so, despite the directive for them to do so not yet being ratified.

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