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These core operations include Society and conference budgets; Society operations; contract administration, tracking of TA projects and initiatives; Society membership development; and conferences and periodicals development.</p> <p>In this section, you will find operational policies, procedures and activities on:</p> <ul> <li><a href="/operations/governing-documents">Governing Documents</a> <p>Operations Manuals, Constitutions and Bylaws, and Policies</p> </li> <li><a href="/operations/finance">Finance</a> <p>Budget Components, Budget Process, Financial Oversight, Society/Council/Co-Publicatons Financial Statements</p> </li> <li><a href="/operations/periodicals">Periodicals</a> <p>Periodicals Proposals and Processes, Scope Changes</p> </li> <li><a href="/operations/conferences">Conferences</a> <p>Running a conference, Conference Data</p> </li> <li><a href="/operations/society-and-council-operations" style="background-color: #ffffff;">Society and Council Operations</a> <div>The TAB Society and Council Review Committee (SCRC) and the TAB Periodicals Review and Advisory Committee (PRAC) provide oversight to TAB entities by conducting regular reviews of IEEE's societies and councils, as well as the periodicals sponsored by these bodies.</div> </li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="/operations/membership-development" style="background-color: #ffffff;">Membership Development</a> <p>Information, data and reports related to membership development, as well as membership development resources such as communication templates, posters, contacts, and more.</p> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <div><a href="/operations/products-and-services">Products and Services</a></div> <p>Learn about the Third-party Content Hosting Agreement process and IEEE products and services including IEEE DataPort, IEEE Resource Centers, and IEEE Collabratec. </p> </li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="/operations/standards" target="_self" style="background-color: #ffffff;">Standards</a>  <p>TA partners with IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) to develop standards. 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The tool is intended to be a communication tool, not a project management tool.</p> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <div><a href="/operations/technical-activities-gdpr-resource-page" target="_self">Technical Activities GDPR Resource Page</a></div> <div>Information and resources regarding the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and supporting compliance activities.</div> </li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="/operations/society-and-council-operations/society-and-council-effective-practices" style="background-color: #ffffff;">Effective Society and Council Practices</a> <p>During the review process, SCRC and PRAC highlight the successes of the societies, councils and their periodicals. 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