10 problems with outsourcing IT

Outsourcing your IT functions may appear to make good sense, but beware of certain side effects that could negate the benefits.

Concord: Concord Residents Opposed to Outsourcing School Buses

Parents protest outsourcing buses Concord residents are up in arms about a school department proposal to close its town-run transportation system and outsource the bus operations to a private contractor. Dozens of residents attended a forum Wednesday night hoping to convince the School Committee to reject the administration’s recommendation to contract with Cincinnati-based First Student.

Leaked Augusta memo hints at trouble with ADP

As the city of Augusta prepares to outsource its remaining human resources functions to Automatic Data Processing, a leaked internal memo indicates problems with the city's existing relationship with the human resources outsourcing giant.

Why the Philippines shouldn’t worry about Obama’s anti-outsourcing stance

Obama's war on Outsourcing is first about getting elected. It is about brining jobs to his voters-- which is his job. It is about American confidence, and resiliency. It is about screwing with the Chinese, but mostly it is about America.

Chrysler Crossfire, Green Auto Layoffs, Poll Position, and Curse of the Romnino (PM Note)

Chrysler Crossfire? Political Charger? Detroit Sunbeam? For the second year in a row, Chrysler made a political statement with a Superbowl ad that dominated a lot of water cooler talk on Monday. It took a raspy Republican Hollywood actor who has said nice things this...

Comment on Markets close week higher on drop in jobless rate

This is very good news, but the underlying structural problems in the US employment system- too much outsourcing, H1-B abuse and long-term job availability- still remain. The only effective solution to the unemployment and economic crisis in Colorado (and the nation) is massive emigration from the United States to other countries - same thing many of our ancestors did centuries ago, but this ...

UK prison has ambitions for inmates beyond its gates

DONCASTER, England (Reuters) - Shane has been in jail more times than he can remember. Burglary at 15 earned him his first sentence and began a cycle of crime to fund a heroin addiction - a cycle he is now determined to end with the help of a pilot prison scheme. "You used to come to jail and if you didn't have probation work when you got out of there you were on your own," Shane, now 32, told ...