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News release: “Building on President Barack Obama and Secretary Tim Geithner’s commitment to increase transparency and accountability in the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), the U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced a new policy of posting investment contracts for future completed transactions to the Department’s website within five to 10 business days. For contracts …
Collaboration Through Wikis at Hicks Morley – Heather Colman explains how wikis were an ideal KM solution for her law firm. Quick and easy to set up, requiring little IT support, wikis support central data repositories and provide features including search capabilities, email, RSS, and also allow users to create a taxonomy of subject tags …
News release: “Over half of the adult internet population is between 18 and 44 years old. But larger percentages of older generations are online now than in the past, and they are doing more activities online, according to surveys taken from 2006-2008. Contrary to the image of Generation Y as the “Net Generation,” internet users …
2009 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, Produced by the American Society of Civil Engineers News release: “The Report Card is an assessment by professional engineers of the nation’s status in 15 categories of infrastructure. In 2009, all signs point to an infrastructure that is poorly maintained, unable to meet current and future demands, and in …
Google Public Policy Blog: When an Internet application doesn’t work as expected or your connection seems flaky, how can you tell whether there is a problem caused by your broadband ISP, the application, your PC, or something else? It can be difficult for experts, let alone average Internet users, to address this sort of question …
FDA posted this corporate news release today: “Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) is voluntarily recalling all peanuts and peanut products processed in its Blakely, Georgia facility since Jan. 1, 2007. Previously, PCA announced a recall of peanut butter and peanut paste. PCA sells its products to institutional and industrial users for service in large institutions …
From Catalyst Inc. Quick Takes, this new data: Women in U.S. Management. Note: 15.7% of Fortune 500 Corporate Officer Positions are Held by Women, but Women Comprise 46.4% of the U.S. Labor Force. And another data set from Catalyst – this pyramid of Women in U.S. Information, January 2009.
Homeland Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Management of Air Sovereignty Alert Operations to Protect U.S. Airspace, GAO-09-184, January 27, 2009 Medicare: Callers Can Access 1-800-MEDICARE Services, but Responsibility within CMS for Limited English Proficiency Plan Unclear, GAO-09-104, December 29, 2008 Electronic Health Records: DOD’s and VA’s Sharing of Information Could Benefit from Improved Management, GAO-09-268, …
News release: “World growth is forecast to fall to its lowest level since World War II, with financial markets remaining under stress and the global economy taking a sharp turn for the worse, sending both global output and trade plummeting, the IMF said in its latest assessment of the world economy. “We now expect the …
Intel: “On January 28, 2009, the United States, Canada, and 27 European countries will celebrate Data Privacy Day together for the second time. Designed to raise awareness and generate discussion about data privacy practices and rights, Data Privacy Day activities in the United States have included privacy professionals, corporations, government officials, and representatives, academics, and …
News release: “The House Oversight Committee asked the nations IGs to identify all recommendations made between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 2008 that had not been implemented by federal agencies. The information provided shows that the Bush Administration failed to implement 13,847 recommendations since 2001, which could have saved taxpayers $25.9 billion. Almost half …
