Journal: Pentagon’s Hall of Mirrors Gets a Shine

The below article in Defense News explains how, in Loren Thompson’s words, the Pentagon is trying to embark on a “very important breakthrough” in its effort to determine how much weapons “should” cost.  Thompson also expressed concern that the Pentagon does not have the right technical skills to make “should cost” happen. Thompson’s suggestion that …

Reference: Five Golden Rules for Data-Based Decisions

Rule 1: Understand the goals and expected outcomes of end-user information requirements Rule 2: Remove spreadsheet based reporting Rule 3: Establish a data quality competency centre Rule 4: Unlock your enterprise from the transaction-based application for reporting needs Rule 5: Get the analysis of your data done in-house Phi Beta Iota: CEO Mehta personifies integrity …

Reference: Knowledge Management Elements

Knowledge Management Specialties By Stan Garfield (Twitter: @stangarfield) – Revised September 1, 2010 The field of knowledge management includes a wide variety of components and disciplines.  Here is a list of 25 specialties practiced by those in the field, followed by Tara Pangakis list of 50 KM components across people, processes, and technologies. Sharing, culture, …

Search: Integrity

We worship at the altar of integrity, for us “God” is integrity manifest in all things at all times. Hence, Hell is what we have now, with corruption rampant, true costs concealed and externalized to the public, and a potential paradise lost to the ten high-level threats to humanity: poverty, infectious disease, environmental degradation, inter-state …

Journalists, Media Professionals Donating Frequently to Federal Political Candidates

Journalists, Media Professionals Donating Frequently to Federal Political Candidates this Election Cycle By Megan R. Wilson on September 14, 2010 Last year, Christopher Hayes gave $250 to the congressional campaign of a good friend, Alabama Democrat Josh Segall. That’s hardly noteworthy, but for one factor: Hayes is the Washington, D.C., editor of The Nation, a …