I know we are all concerned about economic conditions these days, with massive job layoffs, declining housing markets, and plunging stock prices. Yet, the rise in unemployment has created a great opportunity for those who have entrepreneurial dreams. With very little capital outlay, now is a...
Governor Doyle was chosen along with Michigan Governor Granholm to co-host President Obama's first in a series of Regional White House Forums on Health Reform. Gov. Doyle states that while many states are cutting back on health care programs, Wisconsin is moving forward and...
In 2005, CUNA Mutual Group began a massive effort to transform business processes to boost profitability. The Madison, Wis.-based organization provides insurance and other financial services to credit unions and their members. The move was not wildly popular with many of the organization's 4,700 employees....
Small businesses could get more than tax relief from the federal economic stimulus plan, which will grant $730 million in funding to the U.S. Small Business Administration for financing programs. Herbert Austin, director of the SBA's Dallas-Fort Worth district office, said the funds will unlock more...
PHOENIX – The economic stimulus funding for healthcare IT was a major topic of the Western States Health-e Connection Summit & Trade Show, which wrapped up March 3, at the Phoenix Convention Center. David Sayen, regional administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Region...
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama called healthcare IT the "low hanging fruit" on healthcare reform and an area in which Republicans and Democrats could find common ground. His comments came during Thursday's healthcare reform summit at the White House, which brought together a bipartisan mix...
Pfizer Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Kindler told a White House conference the drugmaker supports requiring all Americans be covered by health insurance yet he’s “concerned” about using studies to determine which medicines should be paid by insurance. ...
Rachel Dooley quit her high-paying job as an attorney a month ago to launch a jewelry business, and her friends think she is crazy. Her friends may be right, according to statistics showing that small and entrepreneurial businesses are suffering at record rates in the recession....
The mounting annual trillion-dollar risk to businesses from corporate information loss and consumer data leakage gains perspective through the comparable magnitude of the federal stimulus package. The costs, liabilities and risks of lost, stolen, inappropriately accessed and improperly disposed information are astronomical and growing. ...
For anyone wrestling with deciding what IT projects to keep and which to kill in this recession, here's a quick test from a CIO I just listened to: If an IT project doesn't map to a specific CEO priority, you shouldn't be doing it....