Grant Thornton LLP, an accounting and consulting firm in Vienna, Va., hired Janice Menker as manager for the Global Government Group Performance Management Practice. She will work with clients in the public sector. Before joining Grant Thornton, Menker was a senior economic business analyst for Mitre Corp.
When you are a Web software training specialist, you get a certain measure of satisfaction in seeing the results of your hard work and skills, such as a sparkling new Web page or innovative e-commerce application, designed by your students.
The Center for Reconstruction & Development hosts the Global Internet Financing Conference, featuring private financing sources and details on the Internet financing program of the International Finance Corp. and SoftBank.
McLean, Va.-based Federal Sources Inc., a Primedia company, named James Kane its new president and chief executive officer. Kane most recently served as vice president of integrated business solutions for GTE's DynCorp Information Systems LLC, where he was responsible for Web-related business initiatives.
A new Web site that wants to connect professional-level independent consultants to possible openings at companies worldwide unveiled on the Internet last month. The site, www.icplanet.com, is designed to provide work opportunities for the ever-growing temporary employee market.
A looming federal mandate requiring government agencies to make new or revised Web sites accessible to people with disabilities is raising concerns among Web masters and industry officials that government agencies will not be ready to comply when the mandate takes hold this summer.
Grant Thornton, Vienna, Va., selected Amy Amos as an assurance manager for the government contracts business services practice. Before joining Grant Thornton, she was the government contracting compliance officer for Computer Technology Associates. Grant Thornton is an international accounting and consulting firm that provides professional services to middle-market entrepreneurial organizations.
Public sector Internet business development manager for Cisco Systems Inc., San Jose, Calif., responsible for the development and implementation of Internet and networked solutions within the state and local government sector.
When employees give notice that they are leaving a company, the most important question a manager should ask is not, "Why are you leaving?" The answer ? always "More pay," said Beth Frechette, manger of human resources and corporate diversity at United Technologies Corp. in Hartford, Conn. ? does not tell companies what they need to know.
Mark Badger was named public-sector Internet business development manager for Cisco Systems Inc., San Jose, Calif. Badger will be responsible for developing and implementing Internet and network solutions to business process problems within the state and local government sector.
The NSA/OPS1 Information Assurance Expo will take place at Fort Meade, Md. Call Melissa Moxley (800) 878-2940 ext. 239, e-mail melissam@fbcdb.com or visit www.fbcinc.com.
The NSA/OPS1 Information Assurance Expo will take place at Fort Meade, Md. Call Melissa Moxley (800) 878-2940 ext. 239, e-mail melissam@fbcdb.com or visit www.fbcinc.com.
Positive Support Review of Santa Monica, Calif., has launched a new Web site, EjobDescription.com, that is designed to be a one-stop shop for human resources and recruiting professionals and includes posting descriptions of government jobs.
A new program that offers employees at the Social Security Administration sexual harassment training via the agency's intranet marks the first time the agency has offered its workers online professional development training in human resources.
"Discovery Days" is a free mobile and embedded software seminar to be hosted by Sybase at the Lowes L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington. Call Patty Watson (301) 896-1083, e-mail pwatson@sybase.com or visit www.sybase.com/discovery.
