Sarcasm Software for the Secret Service?
This is not a joke or just an excuse to use alliteration. According to Nextgov.com, the Secret Service posted an RFP online as of June 2nd for software that can be used to detect sarcasm in social media. The agency is looking for software that can process large quantities of social media data and provide [...]
FDA Clarifies Biosimilarity of Copycat Drugs
Up until last month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has wavered on how it will regulate copycat drugs. Now, the FDA has made it more clear how it plans to define biosimilarity of copycat drugs being reviewed and the approved drugs they are trying to replace. In providing preliminary guidance, the FDA identified the following four categories of [...]
Are You Assessing or Guessing with Your Leaders?
If the cost of hiring the wrong executive is up to 27 times the executive’s annual salary (according to Brad Smart) and the average contribution for someone who is a high fit for an organization is 144 percent greater than an individual who is a low fit (according to CPP), shouldn’t a company ensure that it [...]
The Positive Impact of the Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights
As U.S. News and World Report identified, this week marks the five-year anniversary of the Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights (aka the CARD Act) being passed. So, some time should be taken to assess how well this legislation has lived up to expectations. The CARD Act had two primary objectives. One was to prevent unfair [...]
MH 370 Spurs Special Meeting on Global Airline Flight Tracking
Because of the unprecedented situation with Malaysian Airlines Flight (MH 370), the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) announced it will conduct a special meeting on the global tracking of airline flights. The ICAO is an agency of the United Nations, and it is inviting both government and industry experts to discuss the global tracking issue [...]
Huawei Has Made Headway in the U.S.
China’s Huawei has faced difficulties in the U.S. network equipment market, but it has established a presence. In 2012, a report by the U.S. government identified Huawei as a potential security threat that could serve as an indirect pathway for Chinese espionage. Although the Chinese company has faced a roadblock with Tier 1 U.S. carriers [...]
Strategic Workforce Planning?
Do you have the right people and necessary competencies to achieve your strategic objectives for this year as well as the next several years? Although this seems like an intuitive business question, many executives are slow to ask it (if they ask it at all). Historically, companies do not give enough consideration to strategic workforce [...]
Patient Injuries from Falls Reduced by 62%
The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare’s Preventing Falls with Injury project has provided some substantial results. According to the Center approximately, 11,000 fatal patient falls occur in U.S. hospitals every year. While this is an alarming number, it can be decreased with appropriate action. When hospitals participated in the Center’s Preventing Falls with Injury [...]
Banks, Countries and Bitcoin Legality
As of today, Bitcoin is in money limbo. In the majority of countries throughout the world, Bitcoin is not illegal or completely unregulated. Virtual currencies like Bitcoin are basically digital money that does not have the backing of any official authority or governing body. Most governments are trying to decide how to handle this issue. [...]
Construction Adds 19,000 Workers
According to the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), employment in the construction industry reached its highest level in March since June 2009. Government data analyzed by AGC showed that construction organizations added 19,000 workers to their payrolls. This helped to reduce the industry’s unemployment to its lowest level in seven years. In March, construction [...]
