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OCEG, in collaboration with GRC Solution People, announced the launch of Red Book for iPad. This app provides a mobile and interactive way for governance, risk and compliance practitioners to access GRC best practices documented in OCEG's Red Book 2.1. Red Book is capability model which can be implemented by organizations to successfully roll out their initiatives for integrating and better addressing governance, management and assurance of performance, risk and compliance. The Red Book App is available for $2.99 from the App Store on iPad or at www.itunes.com/appstore.

OCEG announced the appointment of three OCEG Fellows, each of whom is a well-respected contributor to the body of knowledge that OCEG has developed over the past 10 years addressing the worth of integrating governance, risk and compliance (GRC) as a capability to attain Principled Performance. Professor Constantine Konstans, the founding executive director of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance at the University of Texas, Dallas, has developed graduate level curriculum around the OCEG GRC Capability Model, which he has taught for several years now with great success in training future corporate managers and executives. Together with Professor Suresh Radhakrishnan, he also has provided analysis of OCEG GRC Maturity Survey results and Professor Konstans continues to offer perspective to OCEG as the understanding of GRC capability needs grows. Jason Mefford first joined OCEG as a representative on Leadership Council while he was serving as the Chief Audit Executive of Ventura Foods and in his current role as a professional trainer and executive coach with his new company, Mefford Associates, he continues to support OCEG by both teaching and overseeing GRC Fundamentals and GRC Auditing seminars around the world. Jose Tabuena, who recently joined Orion Health as its Chief Compliance Counsel, also has been involved with OCEG for many years and was an active participant in the development of the OCEG Red Book GRC Capability Model. Jose is a passionate and knowledgeable speaker on GRC and a strong advocate of OCEG's goal of Principled Performance for companies and organizations of all types and sizes.