Spencer Stuart/Directors & Boards Directors Roster.
1-800-FLOWERS.COM Westbury, NY has added to its board: John J. Conefry Jr. Vice Chairman ASTORIA FINANCIAL CORP. Lake Success, NY Leonard J. Elmore President and CEO TEST UNIVERSITY INC. ...

Floating the broadband bond: can long bonds help close the digital divide? (Policy).
In 1938, as the United States struggled to recover from the Great Depression, Congress created the Federal National Mortgage Corp., more commonly known as Fannie Mae, to stimulate the housing industry. For its first few decades, Fannie Mae was part of the Federal Housing Administration and was authorized to...

E-government: issues and implications for public libraries.
Reviews the literature of e-government deployment world-wide, focussing on two possible roles for public libraries in e-government. The first is a continuation of their traditional role of information provision and managing library transactions electronically and the second, a move to handling government business transactions as well. Identifies issues and...

Measuring the performance of libraries in the knowledge economy and society.
ABSTRACT Infrastructure, lifelong learning, a knowledge culture, innovation, and information renewal and reinvestment are key components of a knowledge economy and society. This paper explores the value of libraries and information services in enabling a global knowledge economy and society, and how their performance can be measured. ...

'Call centers & BPO: Becoming more competitive globally'.
Byline: ECKIE GONZALES, CEO-Customer Contact Center, Inc. (C-Cubed) MALACANANG This is an exciting time to be in the call center industry. From the attention and focus that our government has created through this job fair, the whole country is perking up with enthusiasm about job creation, service...

The FCC's minority tax certificate program: a proposal for life after death.
I. INTRODUCTION There are two types of Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) regulation: "Jewish mother" and positive incentive. The all-too-familiar Jewish mother approach relies on raised eyebrows, guilt, and punishment, whereas positive incentive is permissive and offers rewards to encourage certain types of behavior. The minority...

Senate Considers Special Favor For Religious Broadcasters.
A controversial bill to grant special licensing rights to religious broadcasters was blocked in the U.S. Senate before the election, but may still be considered before the 107th Congress is sworn in. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) tried to force the "Noncommercial Broadcasting Freedom of Expression...

The omnipresent Internet.
The Internet has turned out to be more like an information jungle than a highway - surrounding people with exotic and sometimes dangerous material...What to do? To Bill Clinton, the Internet is "our new town square, a teacher of all subjects, a connection to all cultures." To San Jose...

Deal or no deal: reinterpreting the FCC's foreign ownership rules for a fair game.
I. INTRODUCTION II. REGULATING FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF BROADCAST LICENSES A. Background: The National Security Concern B. Fall of the National Security Concern and Rise of the Public Interest Concern III. LICENSE GRANT AND RENEWAL UNDER [section] 301 OF THE ACT A. General Requirements IV. PRACTICAL PROBLEMS ARISING FROM CURRENT...

Regulatory and policy implications of emerging technologies to spectrum management.
Abstract: This paper provides an overview of the policy implications of technological developments, and how these technologies can accommodate an increased level of market competition. It is based on the work carried out in the SPORT VIEWS (Spectrum Policies and Radio Technologies Viable In Emerging Wireless Societies) research project...