First, apologies to the late Don Adams in his Maxwell Smart persona…
Would you believe… the Federal Government employs someone at the General Services Administration (GSA) as “Plain Language Launcher?” The job was created in answer to the “Plain Language Act of 2010” MORE
BYOD seems to be one of the hottest buzzwords these days, but for many organizations it’s a reality that has already hit home. A majority of these organizations struggle with how to deal with their customers bringing their own devices to work. Five words. Embrace it, but be smart! MORE
The hardest thing I have run into doing a BCA is gathering enough information for labor estimates especially when management has no idea what it’s actually costing them to operate a system. Managers seem to be very concerned with purchase price but don’t always realize that an affordable purchase may not translate into something that’s affordable to operate. MORE
Spring is in the air and that can only mean one thing. It is time for students around the world to prove, once again, that their exorbitant insurance rates are well justified…while the money being spent on their tuition may not be. Of course you can’t do belly flops from the 10 foot board all your life. Over time, those childish activities will be replaced by things like mid-year budget reviews. While equally painful and unproductive, they lack the free spirit and memories generated by most boardwalk activities. MORE
In his February 2010 address at the National Defense University in Washington, DC, then outgoing Secretary of Defense Robert Gates laid-out concerns as defense spending becomes more challenging as austerity measures are implemented amongst NATO members, many of which are also European Union Member States. MORE