It has been nearly a month since the world stopped and stood transfixed before televisions, radios and news Web sites, watching two jetliners destroy New York's World Trade Center, then another smash into the Pentagon. More than 6,000 people died.
Sprint Corp. recently made life a little brighter for the elderly and disabled residents of an Alexandria, Va., apartment building. The building's common areas hadn't been painted in eight years, and its nonprofit management firm didn't have adequate funds to fix it up.
Employers are refreshing their knowledge of military employment laws as National Guard and reserve units are called up in response to the terrorist attacks Sept. 11.
Carrier Access Corp., a Boulder, Colo., equipment manufacturer, appointed David Gardiner to sales director of Canada. He will be responsible for managing the company's sales of its telecommunications equipment to carriers in Canada. He was previously with Adtran Canada.
Editor's Note: Because of the tragic events in New York and Washington Sept. 11, it is advised you contact the organization sponsoring the event in which you are interested. Some events have been canceled or postponed.
When KPMG Consulting Inc. began training its consultants in the principles and practices of e-business in 1999, the firm's leaders decided the best way to do that was to "walk the walk" by providing the training electronically, said Jim Eldracher, a senior manager with the firm's Learning Solutions practice.
The Treasury Department lost multiple offices in the New York World Trade Center complex when the terrorist attack hit the twin towers. More than 1,200 employees worked in the Trade Center complex, according to Tony Fratto, a Treasury Department spokesman.
Telework software offered free after Sept. 11 tragedies ... Vault.com creates message center in response to tragedies ... Americans will need help coping after disaster, according to experts.
When the 1,000 freshmen at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion arrived on campus late last month, each received a Palm Inc. handheld computer along with orientation information.
Eighteen percent of chief information officers said their firms plan to add IT personnel in the fourth quarter of the year, while 3 percent said they expect staff reductions, according to a survey by RHI Consulting.
