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Romanian Department of Labor Inspection Chooses AXIGEN

The Department of Labor Inspection is a specialized unit of the Romanian central public administration, subordinated to the Ministry of Labor, Social Solidarity and Family. The Department of Labor Inspection initially managed its email services using an Open Source mail server, Postfix, while storing messages on a dedicated server and...

Tags: Server, U.S. Department Of Labor, Department Of Labor Inspection, E-mail, Online Communications

Case studies 2008-10-01

Amid ugly job picture, tech related employment holds up

The U.S. economy lost 62,000 jobs in June for the sixth straight month of employment losses with an unemployment rate of 5.5 percent, but underneath the technology sector is holding up well, according to Labor Department statistics. What a difference a downturn makes. Last...

Tags: Data Centers, Data Management, Hardware, Human Resources, Job, Larry Dignan, Management, Recruitment & Selection, Storage, Strategy, Technology Sector, U.S. Department Of Labor, Workforce Management

Blog posts 2008-07-03

17K US jobs lost in January 2007

Nonfarm payrolls fell by an estimated 17,000 in January 2007, US Labor Department said. This is the first decline since August 2003. by AM

Tags: Job, Payroll, U.S. Department Of Labor, Operational Accounting, Recruitment & Selection, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, AM

Blog posts 2008-02-01

H-1B limits, outsourcing and Rome

H-1B limits, outsourcing and RomeWell said"Jumping from the frying pan into the fire"It is better to keep the H1B cap as it is and provide some flexibility to H1B visa holders to move the companies as they wish so that it won't hurt in lowering wages and Native-born americans won't...

Tags: U.S. Department of Labor, outsourcing, H-1B worker, H-1B, worker, H-1B program

Discussion threads 2007-04-05

Outsourcing expert Ron Hira on H-1B reform bill's impact

Outsourcing expert Ron Hira on H-1B reform bill's impact70% of the 65,000 h-1b visas are taken by foreign IT offshoring firmsWe don't need to raise the cap, we need to stop the abuse of foreign IT offshoring companies. Foreign IT offshoring companies are using 70% or more of the...

Tags: H-1B worker, Ron Hira, outsourcing, H-1B program, U.S. Department of Labor, H-1B, worker, U.S. Citizen

Discussion threads 2007-04-05

H-1B reform bill may push more work offshore

H-1B reform bill may push more work offshoreWhich means more money goes out than it seemsCoz these foreign workers, a lot of theme nd up settling down here or at least living here for a long time. Which means they spend their hard earned money in this country - most...

Tags: Outsourcing, H-1B worker, U.S. Department of Labor, H-1B, worker, U.S. Citizen

Discussion threads 2007-04-03

Rush for H-1B visas under way

Rush for H-1B visas under wayEnough job loss alreadyThis country has been gutted of any manufacturing, off-shoring of IT jobs the ones to replace Manufacturing has been going on for quite sometime.The service economy will implode on itself there is no way this country can stay afloat in debt producing...

Tags: H-1B worker, U.S. Department of Labor, Global Economy, H-1B, H-1B visa, tax

Discussion threads 2007-04-03

Additional Resources

GM to sell small electric car for less than $6,000

it would be nice......if GM would sell these cars in North America...just my two centsRE: GM to sell small electric car for less than $6,000It aggravates me. Why is the US the last one to get this type of innovation that is affordable. I WANT ONEOh yeah people in a...

Tags: car, General Motors Corp., electric car, small electric car

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

TechGuard keeps spam and botnets at bay with one-click, enterprise-level security for SMBs, SOHOs

One of the most difficult things for a small or medium business to do is set up a security scheme that's effective, affordable and intelligible to the average employee. Chesterfield, Mo. and Baltimore, Md.-based TechGuard is attempting to address that problem by bringing its enterprise and government-level...

Tags: Security, Firewall, Network, SOHO, Small And Medium Business, TechGuard, SM, Smb/Sme, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-10-13

Omaha college teams with IBM for data center degree program

The Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska, is using funding from a U.S. Department of Labor grant to build out an enterprise data center chuck full of IBM equipment. Those systems, which are Power Systems running AIX, IBM i and Linux, will be used as the foundation for the college's...

Tags: Team, Data Center, IBM Corp., Metropolitan Community College, Data Center Internship, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-09-02

DOJ gives blessing to Oracle-Sun, awaiting EC approval

Oracle said in a release today that the U.S. Department of Justice has given its blessing to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems. The deal is still awaiting approval from the European Commission. Sun's shareholders approved the acquisition last month. You'll recall that Oracle came out of left...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Hardware, Sun Solaris, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, UNIX, Operating Systems, Databases, Software, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-20

H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really about

Both L-1 and H-1B visa law changes could impact SIs, outsourcers and more Dick Durbin is one-half of the Durbin-Grassley senatorial duo that is proposing new legislation re: H-1B and L-1 visas. Lately, a number of publications have opined about the latest proposed legislation and its impact...

Tags: Legislation, Worker, Dick Durbin, DOL, Enforcement Issue, H-1B, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-06-05

Momentum Webcast: Government Contractors: How to Build a Successful Foundation for DCAA Compliance (Level 100)

The organization must have an accounting system that is approved by the Defense Contract Audit Agency DCAA to do business with the U.S. Department of Defense. No such requirement exists. DCAA does not certify accounting systems - they accept accounting systems. The attendee will learn how to build a successful...

Tags: Accounting, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Accounting System, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance

Webcasts 2009-05-12

Unemployment abounds, but not for IT and management consultants

It's the worst of times for employment as the ranks of jobless hit 8.9 percent, according to the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. But it's the best of times to be an IT or management consultant.  The U.S. economy lost 539,000 jobs...

Tags: Job, Consultant, Information Technology, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-08

Feds grade themselves on EPEAT commitment

As many of you know, the federal government has made buying IT equipment that meets the screening requirements of the EPEAT list a priority. (But not a mandate. Yet.) According to reports submitted with the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive, 13 out...

Tags: Desktop, Monitor, Agency, Microsoft Office, Department Of Energy, EPEAT, Monitors & Displays, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Components, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-04-16

PSA: Print your resume for free at FedEx Office, today only

FedEx Office today announced that it will host "FedEx Office Free Resume Printing Day" today, March 10, 2009, offering to print up to 25 copies of each customer’s resume for free in "an effort to help job seekers across the nation." The one-day event will be at...

Tags: Federal Express, Document Management, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Human Resources, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-10

The 2009 Green Wars Being Fought Now

In Washington D.C. the stakes are high. The stakes are huge. The stakes are for a major porton of the cash that will go into the United States' mounting federal debt. That means big money. How much will Obama's version of the federal government put into...

Tags: Health Care, Stimulus, U.S. Senate, Vertical Industries, Taxes, Benefits, Healthcare, Free Trade, Enterprise Software, Software, Financial Planning, Finance, Human Resources, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-05

Picking apples with a robot

According to Carnegie Mellon University CMU, specialty crops (fruits, vegetables, horticulture and floriculture) constitute a $45 billion/year industry in the U.S. alone, of which the tree fruit and nursery industries have a farm gate value of $20 billion/year. But because the fruit are hand-picked for the most part, labor costs...

Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, Emerging Technologies, Fruit, Management, Robots, Roland Piquepaille, Sanjiv Singh, Strategy, Team, Team Management, U.S. Department Of Agriculture

Blog posts 2008-12-08

Amid bleak job picture IT system design, consulting shines

The U.S. economy lost 533,000 jobs in November, but computer system designers and technology consultants are holding their own. According to the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics, the job picture stinks see full report. The unemployment rate ticked up to 6.7 percent and the layoffs (AT&T,...

Tags: Business Operations, Consulting, Human Resources, Information Technology, It Operations, Job, Larry Dignan, Management, Outsourcing, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Unemployment, Workforce Management

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Dell: How bad is it?

Dell: How bad is it?They're advertising is shot, tooThe holiday radio ads targeted at businesses are abysmal. Carolers singing about getting "trendy desktops?" Apparently they ditched the real ad agency and hired a bunch of people off the street who just watched the latest iteration of High School...

Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, NOW IT, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-19