There has been discussion of proposals to engage in the collection of traffic flow measurement information for monitoring and to support charging and accounting. Some suggest that network interconnection points, such as the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) connections between networks operated by administrations and operating agencies authorized by national governments, would be suitable points to…
A best practice is really any improvement over existing systems, though some consultants prefer to confine the definition to those few high-end and very advanced improvements that have been successfully installed by a few world- class companies. This book uses the broader definition of any improvement over existing systems, since the vast majority of companies are in no position, either in t…
With 45 years’ experience in Payroll, John has worked in both the public and private sector including 15 years in outsourcing. His previous roles include Payroll Manager, Operations Team Manager and Best Practice Consultant.
What keeps corporate tax department executives up at night? How about the risk of signing off on an incorrect tax return? Or worse yet, what about a career-threatening, tax-related restatement? As corporate tax complexity increases, so does the risk of mistakes, penalties, and missed opportunities. For instance, 14 percent of U.S. firms reported material weakness or significant deficiency from …
The role of financing to support company strategies to introduce new products and processes in the economy has long been recognised as key. More than a hundred years ago, Joseph Schum peter pointed out the crucial function of banks in stimulating economic growth and innovation, as well as identifying and financing new investments in production. He also emphasised the differences between co…
For several decades, institutions in developing countries and development assistance agencies have supported the evolution of information infrastructures in developing countries. This encompassed the establishment or strengthening of information services at all levels corporate, local, national, regional, and international as well as facilitating access to the world s information resources, …
The Concise Guide to Economics came about for the same reason that Frédéric Bastiat wrote so passionately and dedicated his entire life to spreading the truths of economics. Some people, economist Jim Cox among them, are rightly seized with the desire to get the message out to the largest possible number of people. This way they will be intellectually prepared to combat bad ideas when th…
Cybersecurity is a major concern in both the private and public sectors. Targeted attacks aimed at commercial and government organizations are on the rise, in both frequency and severity. Computer networks and systems continue to be targets of intrusions, exploitation, and data theft by a variety of cybercriminals searching for sensitive financial information, personally identifiable informatio…
The Hawaiian Islands are situated in the North Pacific Ocean and lie between longitudes 154° 40' and 160° 30' West, and latitudes 22° 16' and 18° 55' North. They are thus on the very edge of the tropics, but their position in mid-ocean and the prevalence of the northeast trade wind gives them a climate unequalled by any other portion of the globe—a perpetual summer without an enervating h…
Web Services made the web programmable. They enabled the developers to look at the Internet as a class library or an object model. Protocols like Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Representational State Transfer (REST), JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and Plain Old XML (POX) fueled the growth of APIs on the web. Today every popular search engine, social networking site and syndi…
C# 4.0 further enhances Microsoft’s flagship programming language with much- requested features—including support for dynamic programming, type parameter variance, and optional and named parameters. At the same time, the CLR and .NET Framework have grown to include a rich set of features for parallel programming, code contracts, and a new code security model. The price of this growth is tha…
Business intelligence (BI) means different things to different people. For some, it means advanced analytics. For others, it is self-service report creation. A few see it as a prelude to Big Data. For many users, however, BI is much more accessible than any of these things. It is quite simply the regular production of clear and meaningful reports and dashboards that translate data into actionab…
It is a matter of common observation that during the opening years of the twentieth century there has been, in many portions of the civilized world, a substantial quickening of interest in the principles and problems of human government. The United States is happily among those countries in which the phenomenon can be observed, and we have witnessed in recent times not only the organization of …
Traditionally, cost accounting is considered as the technique and process of ascertaining costs of a given thing. In sixties, the definition of cost accounting was modified as ‘the application of costing and cost accounting principles, methods and techniques to the science, art and practice of cost control and ascertainment of profitability of goods, or services’. It includes t…
AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in its consequences nothing less than the existence of the UNION, the safety and welfare of the parts of which it is composed, the fate of an empire in many respects …
Talking after the meeting, Sue and Sally realize they need to explore the intersection among Big Data, mobile and cloud, and business intelligence (BI) so they can propose a solution that will engage the organization in these technologies. They ponder this intersection knowing that the budget process is about to be upon them. They need to jump- start their understanding so they can justify thei…
The prolonged state of crisis in which the country has been kept by external war, while strengthening the ruling party by rallying even their enemies to their support, has had the other effects that a national crisis always has on the internal politics of a country. Methods of government which in normal times would no doubt be softened or disguised by ceremonial usage are used nakedly and justi…
Alex’s clients include the U.S. Coast Guard (he helps keep its leadership training innovative and at the forefront of management practice) and a lengthy list of companies, government agencies, nonprofit boards, and more. He’s helped the U.S. Senate work on its collaborative problem-solving skills and brought new assessment tools to the finance department of the City of New York. His creativ…