Over at Global, David Skok and his team have created a very nice visualization of the over 28,666 crude oil spills that have happened on Alberta pipelines over the last 37 years (that’s about two a day). Indeed, for good measure they’ve also visualized the additional 31,453 spills of “other” substance carried by Alberta pipelineRead… Read more »
Cybersecurity, identity management and fraud are common and prevalent challenges across both the public sector and private sector. Industries as diverse as credit card issuers, retail banking, telecom service providers and eCommerce merchants, are faced with fraud threats ranging from first party fraud, commercial fraud, and identity theft. And, if for a second you happenRead… Read more »
I was thinking the other day about how much of our lives really revolve around assessments. Almost from your first days in schools, you’re being assessed. I have a daughter that is in kindergarten and one of the first in depth meetings that I had with her teacher was about an assessment of her. WeRead… Read more »
The latest round of negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement has attracted lobbyists from multinational corporations and trade groups looking to shape the pact’s language, The Washington Post reported Monday. Catherine Ho writes at least 185 enterprises and industry coalitions have lobbied on the agreement, which seeks to ease trade barriers and open marketRead… Read more »
The Defense Information Systems Agency has partnered with Samsung Electronics to develop a new approval process intended to help vendors create security technical implementation guides for their mobile devices. Terry Sherald, chief of DISA’s information assurance standards branch, led the development of the Samsung Knox STIG process so vendors can base their guides security guidesRead… Read more »
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by Lloyd McCoy Jr., Senior Analyst I recently attended a luncheon where several deputy CIOs from the Defense, Agriculture, and Interior Departments, as well as the GSA IT Transition Executive, spoke about their cost saving initiatives. Besides providing progress reports on their consolidation and optimization efforts, they called on vendors that had extensive footprints withinRead… Read more »
Well, does your business or agency suck? I doubt you’ve asked yourself this question before in quite such a direct manner. This might sound harsh, and maybe it is. Lousy customer service, poor innovation, and bad leadership all contribute to terrible organizational culture- those things all impact your performance and how successful your business is.Read… Read more »
America is the only high-income country with no federal law requiring paid leave for new parents. In 1993, President Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act, which requires larger employers and public agencies to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for the birth or adoption of a new child. About 40 percentRead… Read more »
ELGL corporate member Colin Baenziger & Associates asks that you consider the following opportunity: City Manager, Ankeny, IA (population 46,000) Located in central Iowa, Ankeny is an upscale, suburban style community located a little north of Des Moines. It is rapidly growing and brimming with potential. A warm and friendly place, the community has managedRead… Read more »