The last time the federal government conducted its census, Germantown and Collierville lost money. All because the U.S. Census Bureau figures didn't reflect as many people as the outlying cities had counted only a year or two earlier.
WASHINGTON - Moms, a few dads and some children gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday to urge Congress to strengthen the federal government's powers to regulate harmful chemicals. The group of almost a hundred activists, which also included registered nurses and cancer survivors, came from across the country to support the Safe Chemicals Act, which if passed by Congress would create a new process to monitor toxic chemicals used in consumer products.
Compliance and risk management top the list of organizational concerns this year, but the challenge of managing compliance in a cost-efficient manner is nothing new. Compliance-related activities have traditionally been delegated to human resources staff, who endured the paper-shuffling headaches that came with the territory -- often at the expense of devoting less energy to more value-added activities, such as mission fulfillment. Organizational risk results from noncompliance with laws, standards, and best practices on discrimination, harassment, document retention, safety, drug policies, certification, and the like. To create a "culture of compliance," the task will require some rethinking on management's part and some new routines for employees. Here are tips to pave the way: 1. Kee...
... is to subscribe to a regulatory monitoring service, such as CCH, Inc. (hr.cch.com), which inf...6. Automate the Process. Many of the above action steps are feasible only ...
Let's face it, Yemen is a mess. Civil war has begun in Sanaa, and violence and unrest are ongoing outside the capital. It needs elections sooner rather than later. The United States and the international community should monitor the process for fairness but must not lead it. After 10 months of back-and-forth negotiations, it is clear that Yemen can only ever be really fixed by the hardy Yemeni people. Once they begin that vital process, starting with elections, they will need substantial outside assistance and investment. Following elections, we must all step up our efforts and help Yemen address seriously destabilizing factors, including, but not limited to, lack of national reconciliation, corruption, poverty, underdevelopment and water scarcity. President Ali Abdullah Saleh has a uni...
Among its opponents is PJM Interconnection, the regional grid operator that maintains the capacity market. In comments filed with FERC, PJM's independent market monitor said the program is "unlikely to reduce capacity payments by New Jersey customers in the long run and constitutes an intervention into the PJM capacity markets that is not consistent with a competitive outcome. Agency spokesman Greg Reinert said he could not release a final number of submissions, or identify the companies that filed bids, but did say 35 companies submitted paperwork for the first portion of the bid process. In comments filed with FERC, PJM's independent market monitor said the program is "unlikely to reduce capacity payments by New Jersey customers in the long run and constitutes an intervention into t...
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