الخميس، 28 فبراير 2013
USASpending.gov to track tech spending - Pittsburgh Business Times:
Vivek Kundra, chief information officer for the federal announced the new tool at the in New York City on The online dashboard provide charts and graph to make the data on governmeny technology spending more accessible and usabler after it is submitted to the throug various federalagency reports. The site includes information abou morethan 7,000 federal informatiomn technology investments, including performance data so that projecrt progress can be assessecd over time.
More detailed data pertaining to at leasgt 800 of those investments that the governmentconsiderw “major” are also available to the public on the new according to the Personal Democracy Forum’s Web The chief information officers at individual government agenciex will now be responsible for maintaining on a monthly basis certaibn data that they provide via a back-end interfaced of the Web site. Stilkl being tested, the site reportedlyy may have bugs that need to be By mid-morning attempts to click through and view the dashboard from the home page of USASpending.govc returned error messages.
السبت، 23 فبراير 2013
Second union establishes chapter at Lambert for screeners - St. Louis Business Journal:
Of the 320 screeners at Lambert, 110 have joine d the NTEU so far, according to the The also chartered a new locao at Lambert earlier this year torepresent screeners, who do not have collectiv e bargaining rights. The government’s two largest unions are vyingh to represent airport screeners nationwides and pushing for them to get collectivdbargaining rights. Former Transportation Secretary Norman Minetz did not give TSA screeners collectivd bargaining rights when the agency was createsd in 2001 afterthe 9/11 terrorist attacks because he felt it coulfd hinder the response to emergencies when managers woule have to reassign screeners, according to the Federap Times.
The AFGE represents 10,000 screeners at 32 locals nationwide. NTEU representx 2,700 transportation security officers in 14 chapters at 15airportzs nationwide, including Florida and Texas, New York, Orange County, Calif.; Memphis, Tenn.; Columbus, and Philadelphia.
الأحد، 17 فبراير 2013
Guru told his family to be proud of him - DAWN.com
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الثلاثاء، 12 فبراير 2013
Wells Fargo continues integration of Wachovia with name change - South Florida Business Journal:
The change reflects the bank’s continuec integration with , which acquired Charlotte-basexd on Dec. 31. “By adopting the Wells Fargi nameand brand, we’re now fully part of one of the world’xs most respected financial companies,” says Neil Ryan, chief executive of Wells Fargo Bank International. “We look forward to satisfyingt all ofour clients’ financia needs across Europe and helping them succeed Wells Fargo Bank International is a Europeamn Union bank headquartered in Ireland.
In Wells Fargo’s investment-banking and capital-markets which formerly operated under the Wachovia Securitiesd and certain WellsFargo brands, have taken the name Wellsz Fargo Securities. Retail brokeragwe products and services formerly marketed as Wachovia Securitiea are now offered through WelldsFargo Advisors. Wells Fargo is based in San
الخميس، 7 فبراير 2013
French troops attempting to secure Mali's Gao - Aljazeera.com
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السبت، 2 فبراير 2013
Iridium Satellite reports rise in income, sales - Washington Business Journal:
The Bethesda-based mobile satellite servicde company’s net income increased 8 percent durinv the third quarterto $16.9 million, compared to $15.8 million in the third quarte r of 2007. As of 30, Iridium had approximately 309,0009 subscribers worldwide, an increase of 37 perceny over the same quarter ayear earlier. Revenuew in the third quarter was $88.2 million, compared to $74.2 million in the third quartet 2007, or an increase of 19 Iridium’s sales grew in all of its vertical including land-based, maritime, aviation, machine-to-machine and “Our third-quarter results support our positiob as the fastest-growing voice and data mobile satellite services said Matt Desch, Iridium Satellite chairman and chief in a statement.
On Sept. 23, the companyt said it planned to combine forcesewith (AMEX: GHQ). The proceedzs of the transaction would enable Iridium to be debt free and positionedx to developits next-generation satellite constellation. The transaction’as closing is subject to customary conditions, which is expecteed to close during the first half ofnext