Popular benefits such as medical and life insurance, retirement plans, bonuses, stock options and profit sharing, are attractive ways that companies can lure the best and the brightest. However, for small businesses, those resources are often cost-prohibitive and/or have to be paired down considerably in order to stay profitable. Regardless of size, […]
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A Family Is Not Confined By a Roof
There has been a lot of controversy lately about the term "family". Do open adoptions where kids have a set of biological parents and a set of adoptive parents make it confusing? Are families with single parents at a disadvantage? What about gay couples and their effect on the family? Gone […]
What Are You Doing to Ensure Safety On Your Construction Job Site?
It's a tragedy when someone dies on the job. A horrible reality is that some jobs in this country are downright dangerous and people do get hurt from it. Recently there was a man in Pennsylvania who was killed on a construction site. He went to work early in the morning […]
Benefits of Verifying Your Yahoo Local Business Listing
Entrepreneurs and other small business owners are all too aware of the importance of having an online presence in the form of a blog or a website. However, of the millions of pages in the World Wide Web, businesses now also have to use targeted online marketing methods to reach […]
How Can Teachers Enhance Collaborative Learning?
Henry Ford once said, "If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself." Collaborative learning embraces this idea by relying on groups to work towards an academic goal together. Students in collaborative environments maintain individual accountability but have the responsibility of listening to, not just "hearing", each member of […]
Latest HIPAA Compliance Rules and Their Implications for SIEM
Alterations to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) rules are set to go into full effect on September 23, 2013 and it has been made abundantly clear that ignorance will not be an acceptable excuse for noncompliance. The original HIPAA rules were amended back in January […]
Rights You Should Not Waive During DUI Arrest
Facing the consequences of an arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol or drug is no mean accountability given the possibility of paying fines, doing community work, maintaining ignition interlock device, and spending time in jail. It is thus a major reason behind the "not guilty" plea of defendants […]
Signs That You Are Sabotaging Your Own Marketing
By Mark Combs, Cre8iveDept.com In spite of all your marketing efforts, it seems your labor has been in vain. You have tried new mediums, messages, even new target groups, but nothing has produced the results you wanted. You have looked at the numbers and there just isn't any ROI to be […]
Financial Trends for Small Business Owners
With the ever changing face of technology, enterprises are increasing their performance and operational efficiency and especially in an outsourced basis. And although this might seem an easy task, it is through leveraging the latest top financial trends that the enterprises have been in a position to open up a […]
Things You Should Consider When Moving to ‘The Cloud'
Many businesses these days could save themselves a vast amount of time and money by moving many of the services that they use for business everyday to ‘the cloud'. But what should you consider when choosing a cloud service provider? Some business owners / individuals believe that all cloud services […]
Non-profit Accounting Vs. For-Profit Accounting
If you are a recent accounting graduate or looking to change careers, you have a few decisions to make. One of these decisions is what kind of organization you wish to work for. While there are many types of organizations who can use your accounting skills, you can generally break […]
NIST and NIACAP phases
NIST and NIACAP are two frameworks providing accountability for people involved in the security of the information system. They refer to verification and validation of security controls, system characterization and risk assessment as well as accrediting decisions and certification recommendations. NIST is a process designed to deal with unclassified information […]