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- Palin the reformer? In fact, a pattern of stonewalling and hiding
- Palin the reformer? In fact, a pattern of stonewalling and hidingPalin Yes - Obama NoIt amazes me the the Left's knee-jerk reaction to Sarah Palin, when you have Barry Obama with his association with unrepentant terrorist William Ayers and anti-American bigot Jeremiah Wright. And never mind the fact Obama...
- Tags: Obama, Sarah Palin, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Government, markets and regulation
- Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...
- Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Government, markets and regulation
- Problems in the housing market in the United States provide some interesting lessons about government regulation in general, lessons that have equal applicability to the intersection between Information Technology and government. by John Carroll
- Tags: Fannie Mae, Economist, Regulation, Freddie Mac, Subsidy, Government, Vertical Industries, Mortgages, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Capital Structures, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
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- Reducing the Costs of Government Compliance With Business Process Automation
- Government compliance regulations have significantly raised the costs of doing business in recent years. The 2008 federal takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has increased pressure for additional regulations that will further drive up costs for public companies. This paper summarizes compliance costs, describes technologies that reduce...
- Tags: Cost, Business Process, Compliance, Government, Business Process Automation, EnterpriseWizard
- White papers 2009-08-22
- Use H-1B or L-1 workers? Prepare for a Federal audit!
- About timeThere are employers who have > 50% of their workforce as foreign workers. I can't imagine all of them are doing things according to the letter of the law.RE: Use H-1B or L-1 workers? Prepare for a Federal audit!this is probably the only good thing to come...
- Tags: Financial accounting, H1B, audit, Use H-1B, L-1 worker, Federal audit, L-1, H-1B
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
- Mortgage Prelude 2.6.4 (Windows)
- While Mortgage Prelude serves as a powerful mortgage calculator that computes such items as your monthly payment, amortization schedules, interest, etc., it is so much more than a common mortgage calculator. One of its most distinguishing features is that it uses the guidelines set forth by the Federal National Mortgage...
- Tags: Fannie Mae, Microsoft Windows, Loan, NorthStar Solutions, Mortgages, Finance, Capital Structures
- Software downloads 2009-06-20
- Should broadband connectivity be a right?
- Should broadband connectivity be a right?Not at all.Yes, it is going to be a necessity but it will never be a right. In my opinion, this goes along with the whole "Is health care a right" ordeal. Neither of these are rights. They are both almost absolutely necessary but no...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, INTERNET, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, broadband, broadband connectivity
- Discussion threads 2009-05-31
- Digital storm of protests for New York Times defense of AIG bonuses
- Digital storm of protests for New York Times defense of AIG bonusesI vote MORE MUCKRAKING on ZDNETCouldn't agree more ... but I think 10 years in jail rather than a million dollar bonus is a tad unfair ;-)Good news for HollywoodThe government has given itself the power to break contracts...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, American International Group Inc., AIG Bonuses, New York Times Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-18
- Sun's Schwartz: I'm not worried about the future (or Sun's relevance)
- Sun's Schwartz: I'm not worried about the future (or Sun's relevance)Oh myDon't tell Murphy. He will just get even more envious of "wintel".Sun is circling the drain. Java is stalling. JavaFX is fledging. Suns hardware business takes a beating from the US economy. Suns open source products fail to...
- Tags: Programming languages, .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Scripting languages, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, Microsoft .NET, Schwartz
- Discussion threads 2009-03-03
- Fannie Mae IT contractor indicted for planting malware; Mortgage giant didn't revoke server privileges
- A former Fannie Mae IT contractor has been indicted for planting a virus that would have nuked the mortgage agency's computers, caused millions of dollars in damages and even shut down operations. How'd this happen? The contractor was terminated, but his server privileges were not. Rajendrasinh Makwana...
- Tags: Fannie Mae, Information Technology, Malware, Servers, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-29
- Should federal government go open source?
- Should federal government go open source?A resounding YES!Where is makes sense. There are some areas where Open Source may not be the best choice... can't think of any at the moment but YES!Thing is that would be the catalyst needed to push software vendors to port over to Linux. Which...
- Tags: open source, federal government
- Discussion threads 2009-01-24
- Apple Q1 09 results
- Apple Q1 09 resultsProbably worth noting that"Q1 09" represents sales for 1 October, 2008 to 31 December, 2008. That's one of the peak retail buying periods and since Apple is primarily focused on the consmer electronics market, it makes sense that it's their biggest quarter.The real test will come...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Microsoft Windows, Wireless and Mobility, Apple Inc., Apple Q1, Apple iPhone, sales
- Discussion threads 2009-01-21
- What's next for OLPC?
- What's next for OLPC?I think they should get funded from the US govObama should stop rewarding his cronies from Freddie Mac and Mae and give some money from the TARP to OLPC and othere FOSS projects.Very good observations!! OLPC ignited the netbook segment, and they haveeverybody rethinking how to do...
- Tags: Olpc, One Laptop Per Child project, education, Obama
- Discussion threads 2009-01-13
- Apple's Macworld saga and Jobs absence: Leadership signals and succession plans
- Apple's Macworld saga and Jobs absence: Leadership signals and succession plansThis is nauseating, and not because of Jobs' healthAfter the financial meltdown that was driven primarily by greed and corruption in the financial services industry, I find it amazing that an Oppenheimer analyst would have the nerve to manipulate Apple's...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Jobs absence, succession plan, leadership, job
- Discussion threads 2008-12-17
- Big Three Automakers get Wall Street Fever: give us more money
- Big Three Automakers get Wall Street Fever: give us more moneyThe corporate jet market is going to be saturatedEveryone's selling the company jet. Who's going to buy all of them?I wish I was in the market for a Gulfstream... :(I'm very leery of bailing them out.Just two weeks ago...
- Tags: Manufacturing, Benefits, automobile company, U.S. Congress, car, Ford Motor Co.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- Election-day technology watches the polls
- Election-day technology watches the pollsReffer back to President Clinton for a clue.He also promised a middle class cut and then didn't come through when elected. You can be sure about the tax raising however. No Democrat has ever failed to keep that promise.My biggest concern.Energy. If Obama...
- Tags: Election Day, Obama
- Discussion threads 2008-11-04
- Election Talking Points: A discussion place
- Election Talking Points: A discussion placeSpoken like a true believer in ...a constitutional republic.RE: Election Talking Points: A discussion placereally this post is for an opinion location,It really becomes a bunch of BSGuess doe to reports about the debate it help McCain,everyone has to put two cents of nonsense,Ok...
- Tags: Mortgages, Palin, Election Talking Points
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Palin had '10 to 15' secret email accounts
- Palin had '10 to 15' secret email accountsWhy...Why are you people so hard on Palin? She can't help it. She suffers from Palinitis: You open your mouth, out pops a lie.I mean, she is only running for Vice President of the United States, with the additional possibility...
- Tags: Devilcrat, Obama, e-mail, Palin, secret email account
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Zoho bitterness at the credit crunch...and a solution
- Zoho bitterness at the credit crunch...and a solutionMissing Facts...You're missing several key facts about our current mess...1) The banks were forced into making high risk loans by our delightful government. Based on a study later determined to be flawed showing bias in lending, the Clinton administration passed laws requiring banks...
- Tags: Government, Obama, JFK
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- 1 million Classmates headed to Venezuela
- 1 million Classmates headed to VenezuelaAgreedChavez can control any Open Source software in his country, as the government is taking control of all private industries.This is not really about what he feels is best for all, but instead of what he feels he can control the best.You failed to notice...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Web browsers, Debian, Classmates, aversion, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
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