* Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ( HIPAA ) of 1996 requires the adoption of national standards for electronic health care transactions and national identifiers for providers, health insurance plans, and employers.

Jones next served as director, Expeditionary Warfare Division ( N85 ), Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, during 1996, then as the deputy chief of staff for plans, policies, and operations, Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D. C.

Many suggestions for suitable memorials were sent to Oklahoma City, but an official memorial planning committee was not set up until early 1996, when the Murrah Federal Building Memorial Task Force, composed of 350 members, was set up to formulate plans for a memorial to commemorate the victims of the bombing.

A follow-up conference was hosted by Boeing in August 1996, where plans were finalized to create a new academic conference on wearable computing.

The business park was actually the original 1996 proposal for the site of the peninsula before the plans for the Millennium Dome were proposed.

In September 1996, CUC announced plans to consolidate some of the functions of its game companies into a single company called CUC Software Inc., headquartered in Torrance, California.

He added that there were no plans to convert this to a merit based system, and that the total value of the PSD scholarship since 1996 was 2. 4 billion Ringgit.

In 1996, the Lake Villa Train Station was reconstructed according to the original architectural plans.

In 1996 the first plans were made to recreate the water way into the heart of the town.

In 2005, plans about expanding Nyborg Harbour came to life and Nyborg Harbour, which previously connected Funen to Sealand with the old ferries ( until 1996 ) now contains several large luxury-apartment buildings.

When MSNBC started in 1996 they announced plans to start broadcasting in Europe during 1997.

Prior to the acquisition of Sim developer Maxis by Electronic Arts in 1997, plans were originally made in 1996 to develop SimCity 3000 as a fully 3D game, in tune with the emergence ( at the time ) of 3D computer and video games.

While JTS announced plans to continue both brands, within a few weeks of the merger becoming official on July 30, 1996, the majority of former Atari employees were dismissed and Atari's remaining inventory was sold to liquidators.

In 1996 Trafalgar House submitted plans for the Millennium Tower, a building with more than office space, apartments, shops, restaurants and gardens.

The project seems to have died in 1996, never having produced more than discussions and plans.

CNET announced plans to relocate the site to its TV. com domain, which was acquired in 1996 for use in conjunction with the short-lived syndicated television series of the same name.

In January 1996, NGC ( formerly NYSE: NGL ) and Chevron announced plans to merge Chevron ’ s natural gas and natural gas liquids business with NGC.

In 1996, plans for a FM radio station to complement the existing AM station became realized.

After the tunnel proposal was rejected, it was once again proposed in February 1996 after Wynn officially announced plans for the new resort.

Until 1996, there were firm plans for the bypass to be upgraded to motorway standard, since shelved.

In 1996, Prince Sultan opposed Pentagon plans to relocate U. S. troops to safer locations after the Dhahran complex bombings.

In 1996, GLSHS published their plans " to secure approval for controlled new construction at Whitefish Point ... include expansion of the Shipwreck Museum and a new building for the Shipwreck Coast Gift Shop.

The GLSHS abandoned their 1996 plans to demolish the fog signal building and started restoration of the exterior of the building in 2002.

Chrysler's management treated the takeover as hostile, and after a lengthy battle, Kerkorian canceled his plans and sold his Chrysler stake in 1996.

In April 1996, when the Building Society was considering demutualisation, plans were announced by the then chairman, Robert Dickinson, for the creation of the foundation.

Additionally, the Sun Devils were Pac-10 Champions in 1986, 1996, and 2007.

Ajax's last international trophies were the 1995 Intercontinental Cup and the 1995 Champions League, where they defeated Milan in the final ; they lost the 1996 Champions League final on penalties to Juventus.

Between 1988 and 1996, there were an average of 133, 735 hospital discharges for amputation per year in the US.

The first official home video releases of Beavis and Butt-Head were two VHS tapes titled There Goes the Neighborhood and Work Sucks !, distributed by Sony Music Video and MTV Home Video in 1996 in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.

Eight more VHS compilations were released between 1996 and 1999 in the United States, before the final volume, Butt-O-Ween, was issued in October 1999.

Pay BBSes such as The WELL and Echo NYC ( now Internet forums rather than dial-up ), ExecPC, PsudNetwork and MindVox ( which folded in 1996 ) were admired for their tight-knit communities and quality discussion forums.

In 1996, both practices were replaced by the latest approach known as standard precautions ( health care ).

By 1996, the cemetery and marker were in poor condition, but a new granite headstone was erected in 1997.

In 1996 Charlie Ellington at Cambridge University showed that vortices created by many insects ’ wings and non-linear effects were a vital source of lift ; vortices and non-linear phenomena are notoriously difficult areas of hydrodynamics, which has made for slow progress in theoretical understanding of insect flight.

More recently, Bacardi lawyers were influential in the drafting of the 1996 Helms-Burton Act which sought to extend the scope of the United States embargo against Cuba.

Frederick Seitz, in a June 12, 1996 editorial-page piece in the Wall Street Journal complained that alterations made to Chapter 8 of the 1995 IPCC report were made to " deceive policy makers and the public into believing that the scientific evidence shows human activities are causing global warming.

Ports of the game were released for the Commodore 64, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amiga, Atari ST, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Sharp X68000, PC ( MS-DOS, 1989 and 1996 ), Apple II, FM Towns Marty, Sega Master System, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo Entertainment System, Famicom Disk System, Sega Game Gear, mobile phone ( Sprint PCS ), Texas Instruments TI-8x series of calculators and UltraCade's Taito Arcade Classics.

The Brisbane Lions were officially launched on 1 November 1996, joining the national competition in 1997.

Cameroon's first multiparty legislative and presidential elections were held in 1992 followed by municipal elections in 1996 and another round of legislative and presidential elections in 1997.

Military rebellions and social unrest in 1996 were accompanied by widespread destruction of property and a drop in GDP of 2 %.

* On November 15, 1996, there was a third mutiny and 1, 500 French soldiers were flown in to ensure the safety of the foreigners.

1996 and 1997 were a period of post-war recovery and improving economic conditions.

Probably more representative of British humour were the working class comedies Brassed Off ( 1996 ) and The Full Monty ( 1997 ).

In 1996, Love began a relationship with actor Edward Norton and were at one point engaged, but separated in 1999.

In both 1996 and 2003, the Panthers were responsible for eliminating the Cowboys in the playoffs which led to the local nickname for the Panthers being the " Cowboy killers ".

In 1996 the midfield wishbone " C " was changed to a large blue Bears head, and the end zone design were painted with " Bears " in cursive.

A total of eight Ohio Cup games were played, in 1989 to 1996, with the Indians winning six of them.

Under his sole leadership Charlton made an appearance in the playoffs in 1996 but were eliminated by Crystal Palace in the semi-finals and the following season brought a disappointing 15th place finish.

In June 1996, at a press conference to announce the release of their greatest hits album Recurring Dream, Neil revealed that Crowded House were to disband.

The June 1996 concerts in Europe and Canada were to be their final performances.