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Transforming Education Through Clife-Long Learninge, Community Involvement And Hands-On Experience With State-of-the-Art Technology From Nortel Networks
White Papers Education in the United Kingdom has been transformed by the concept of life-long learning. Hull College has responded by focusing on increasing the participation of everyone in learning O School leavers, people developing or changing careers or...
[September 27, 2005, 0:00]
How Family Involvement And Technology Enhance Student Performance
White Papers Students whose families are aware of what they are studying in school, who are in regular communication with their teachers, and who help to reinforce schoolwork show higher achievement all the way through secondary school.
[March 2, 2004, 11:20]
The Effect Of Outside Consultants Involvement Over The Success Of BPR Projects
White Papers Business Process Reengineering (BPR) is a radical, Information Technology based redesign of workflows and processes within and between organizations. Since the publication of the fundamental concepts of BPR (Davenport and Short, 1990 and Hammer...
[April 10, 2004, 1:04]
GIS And Brownfields: Encouraging Redevelopment, Public Involvement,and Smart Growth
White Papers One key to successful brownfields redevelopment is having well-coordinated resources among all stakeholders. An important first step is for local government staff to coordinate their efforts and programs to maximize both their internal operations...
[August 23, 2005, 6:00]
Citizen Involvement In Homeland Security
White Papers After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, President Bush challenged all Americans to become involved in local homeland security efforts. Citizen Corps was created to help citizens actively participate in keeping America safe.
[February 22, 2005, 2:00]
IT Projects 'need Business Involvement'
News The most common reason for a failed IT project is poor communication between the IT department and the rest of the business, according to a survey published on Monday. The research, carried out by IT consultancy group Unilog, found that many IT...
[June 9, 2003, 14:40]
European GPS Rival Is 'folly' Says MP
News A committee of MPs has called for a full review of the UK's involvement in the European Galileo satellite-network project. Dunwoody claimed that the UK should suspend its involvement in the project until the review has been completed.
[November 12, 2007, 15:28]
Improving Enterprise Network Performance In Managed Network Environments
White Papers This paper describes how enterprises that have managed networks can increase capacity and performance without the involvement of and added cost from the service provider. By increasing capacity and performance without the involvement of and added...
[January 22, 2004, 23:00]
Investment In Human Capital Through Post-Compulsory Education: The Impact Of Government Financing
White Papers Across countries there is a broad consensus that some degree of government involvement is needed in the provision of educational services. This paper examines the impact of government involvement on various efficiency and equity aspects of post...
[July 12, 2005, 6:00]
Borland Develops More Interest In Eclipse
News Borland is increasing its level of involvement in the Eclipse Foundation by joining its board of directors as a strategic developer. The increasing industry momentum behind Eclipse made greater involvement in the project more attractive to Borland...
[February 28, 2005, 18:10]
Indymedia Server Seizure 'may Have Breached RIPA'
News The government has denied any UK law enforcement involvement in the seizure of servers belonging to alternative media network Indymedia last week -- adding to the confusion about who did. Initially it was claimed to be the work of the FBI using an...
[October 22, 2004, 9:57]
ISPs Shunned By Web Safety Drive
News The latest UK government-backed initiative to encourage secure computing has come in for criticism over a lack of ISP involvement, with experts suggesting it is hamstrung without them. Matt Peachey, regional director at email security firm IronPort...
[October 26, 2005, 17:55]
What Makes A High-Performance Workplace? Evidence From Retail Bank Branches
White Papers This paper examines the effects of two high-involvement approaches to organizing work in retail bank branches worker discretion and cross functional flexibility. The worst performing branches have low involvement work practices.
[August 14, 2003, 16:19]
The American Army In The Balkans: Strategic Alternatives And Implications
White Papers It recommends continued U.S.involvement, consideration of a long-term American military presence in the region, and some significant changes in the role of the Army. It argues that, if U.S.political leaders decide that involvement in protracted...
[December 28, 2004, 2:00]
Best Practices: People Plus Technology Determines CRM Success
White Papers The Bank of New York used a "high user involvement" strategy to encourage 1,650 users to adopt a unified sales process in 32 countries. Organizations implementing CRM should follow The Bank of New York's lead and make user involvement, training...
[July 10, 2007, 14:16]
Photos: Germany's Leibniz Supercomputer
News While local companies, such as BMW, would like to be involved with enterprises such as the supercomputer, their involvement is not encouraged. To design a supercomputer from scratch, with no expense spared, no need for private sector investment and...
[January 22, 2007, 14:11]
UN Examines Potential Net Regulation Role
News Greater UN involvement is a direct threat to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which the Clinton administration created six years ago to oversee address allocation and top-level domains.
[March 26, 2004, 13:50]
Privacy Advocates Make Plea To Echelon Committee
News A European parliamentary committee is due to discuss the controversial global surveillance system Echelon and the involvement of European countries. According to Cyber-Rights, the UK would be in serious breach of the Treaty of the European Union if...
[March 22, 2001, 7:15]
Municipal Wi-Fi: In Search Of A Rationale
White Papers This paper provides a critical assessment of the economic rationale for municipal government involvement in these services and provides a context for examining their development. In terms of costs and benefits, municipal involvement in sponsoring...
[May 10, 2006, 1:00]
The Impacts Of Changes In Multifamily Housing Finance On Older Urban Areas
White Papers Government involvement in the market has also devolved to the state and local level, and the nature of its involvement has changed. The multifamily mortgage market has changed dramatically over the last two decades.
[May 20, 2005, 3:00]
