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Our Google Government

15 hours ago ago from philosecurity

Recently I saw an ad which read: Over 60% of the U.S. state governments have gone Google. Does this mean that we've now handed the majority of our state governments' operational data to a single privately-controlled company which has well-publicized partnerships with other governments such as China ? To find out more, I contacted Google's press department. A representative promptly got back to me with more information: ...

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Predictions for SaaS and Clouds for 2010

22 hours ago ago from Amy Wohl's Opinions on SaaS

Yes, this is the traditional year-end look at what lies ahead, but, of course, SaaS and Cloud Computing are anything but traditional. Some of the trends and changes we're expecting to see: Much more SaaS and cloud usage across the entire range of users from consumers and small businesses to larger mid-market and large enterprise firms. While small businesses and mid-market firms without significant IT resources will fine SaaS and Cloud ...

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Gosh! You’re Kidding, Right?

13 hours ago ago from Usna1957's Weblog

U.S. local government pension costs exceeds $530 billion: govern Wed Dec 23, 5:43 pm ET NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. state and local governments face more than $530 billion in unfunded public pension liabilities and most do not have funds set aside to pay for them, a government report showed on Wednesday. As of June, state governments were on the hook for around $405 billion and 39 of the country's largest local governments must come ...

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Utilizing Government Aid For Debt Respite

13 hours ago ago from Finance Guide

The term whether in terms of money or medicine is meant to provide instant relief in acute adverse situations. Current financial turmoil all over the world has emphasized a larger role from the government to provide financial grant to companies or businesses facing severe recession. To make the matter worse soaring inflation rate, job losses, natural calamities' has only aggravated the problem. Now it is the government's prerogative to give ...

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US States’ Fiscal Deterioration

18 hours ago ago from Rice Farmer

The fiscal situation of US states is going from bad to worse. California is $68 billion in the hole and begging for help from the federal government . Help from the federal government of course means that taxpayers in other states will foot the bill. There goes the nation’s love for California. Arizona is staring into the abyss . New York State parks are shutting down . New Jersey is slashing its budget . Hawaii’s tourism decline is battering ...

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Fannie, Freddie chiefs to get Wall Street-style compensation packages

19 hours ago ago from Washington Post - Business

The government announced Thursday that it had approved Wall Street-style, multimillion-dollar compensation packages for top executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , the two mortgage companies that have become little more than arms of the federal government. The two top executives at the companies, which have received $121 billion in federal aid since they were seized last year, could be paid up to $6 million each for their services this ...

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