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Dems charge federal contracting rife with abuse

Democrats are charging that federal procurements are out of control, fueld by mismanagement and corruption, WashingtonTechnology reports. A report prepared for Rep. Harvey Waxman, senior Democrat on the House Government Reform committee, identified 118 problematic contracts collectively worth $746 billion. The contracts had significant overcharges, wasteful spending and...

Tags: noncompetitive

Blog posts 2006-06-20

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Team Augmentation Business Model Promotes Low-Risk Growth and Improves Profitability

Microsoft Dynamics partners stake their business on deploying and supporting high-value software, and providing excellent service to customers. When all of the consultants in a partner company are busy doing just that, managers need to find ways to grow the business without compromising service quality or expensive hiring. The Start...

Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Team, Consultant, Microsoft Corp., Team Management, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Case studies 2008-12-01

Health care debate is a neverending story

Health care debate is a neverending storySupply and demandOf course there's a way to balance the two. It's called the Market. Get third-party pay out of the equation, and demand and supply laws will come into effect.The reason demand is so high is because prices are artificially low. Whenever you...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care

Discussion threads 2008-05-09

Novell insists it's winning the Linux wars

In the third of a series of interviews by Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin, Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian right insisted his company is not being hurt by its association with Microsoft. "Novell grew 200% in the SUSE Linux marketplace year-over-year from an invoicing perspective," he said. The...

Tags: Novell Inc., Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-31

New York investigates Intel for anticompetitive marketing

New York investigates Intel for anticompetitive marketingPunishment??!!I don't recall any punishment to Dell after they added AMD to their product line.Why is always the NY Atty General?Why is the only institution in America sticking up for consumers the NY Attorney General? So far they have busted up:- Record label...

Tags: marketing, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., AMD HAS

Discussion threads 2008-01-11

FCC to investigate Comcast

FCC to investigate ComcastIt's about time!I think Comcast is going to have a really hard time explaining why they're basically [b]impersonating users via forged reset packets[/b]. The "den of thieves" defense fails on legit users who get blocked, as does "managing the network" when they're performing an illegal act as...

Tags: Federal government, NETWORKING, Comcast Corp., network, bandwidth, FCC

Discussion threads 2008-01-09

Comcast throttling deserves punishment, groups say

Free Press and Public Knowledge filed a complaint with the FCC about Comcast's squeezing of BitTorrent and other apps the cable company deemed to be too much of a strain on its network. Comcast, you may recall, was playing a little game whereby it delayed outbound traffic...

Tags: Comcast Corp., P2P, Peer To Peer (P2P), Federal Government, Internet, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-11-02

Indiana settles E-Rate fraud charges

In an ongoing nationwide investigation into fraud regarding the federal government's E-Rate program, the Justice Dept. has charged Indiana and its Intelenet Commission with making false statements and claims. The state and the commission and have agreed to pay nearly $8.3 million in a civil settlement, reports IDG News Service....

Tags: E-Rate, E-Rate Program

Blog posts 2006-07-05