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Figure 9. User interface for interactive information design for risk information

However, in that case Enron was the owner
and operator of the trading platform, which
was mixed up with sundry endeavors. This
highlights the importance of the separation
of roles among the three layers of collabora-
tion described here.
(2.) Business modeling. Collaborating in this
mode will have to be modeled so that the
dynamics of buying, selling, and trading
are better understood. In particular, the role
of legislation, the politics of standards and
compliance agreements, and the economic
viability of these transactions for all parties
will have to be worked through.

For example, many credit derivatives were
put together via proprietary information and
analytics obtained from Bloomberg Terminals.
Mr. Bloomberg, a former Wall Street executive,
and now mayor of New York City, has his former
Deputy Mayor as head of Bloomberg LP.Although
these parties are above reproach, one can see the
daunting task in attempting to change regulations
and information economics when there are various
perspectives involved. One could make the case
for having a cabinet-level Information Resources
Management post at the White House for a person
who would take an information science-based ap-
proach to these types of issues (Rummler, 2007).
In fact, it is shocking that there is no such person