The federal government’s super-secret National Security Agency (NSA) has launched a beefed-up program designed to protect civilian and government infrastructure from hostile cyber attacks, according to multiple press accounts. Among…
Power
Monthly Issue | September 1, 2010
It has been said that one of the most dangerous phrases in the English language is, "This time it's different." The phrase makes investors, divorcees, and policy-makers nervous, and for…
With state regulators increasingly insisting on near-term consumer benefits from costly smart grid deployment, the federally backed Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) is accelerating development of a national standard that…
One of the most daunting and difficult chores facing human resource professionals at all companies is handling whistleblower claims, where the law seems increasingly stacked against the employer. This summer,…
The government of India has unveiled a prototype tablet computer that could revolutionize business information technology programs. The computer, said Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal, is designed to sell…
The extent of global energy deprivation (see Figure 1) is difficult for most Americans to comprehend. Almost a quarter of the world’s population lacks access to electricity and has no…
Robert Frank, a Cornell University economics professor, writes about the difference between false advertising and “promotional puffery.” Our laws ban the former but allow the latter because, he says, we…
The long-term development and production of energy resources will inescapably affect or interact with other natural resources. Biofuels may compete with cropland and put upward pressure on food costs. Siting…
While the New Year officially begins Jan. 1, in my mind, the year really begins the day after Labor Day. That’s when the schools go back in session after summer…
While the Obama administration in Washington is lauding solar energy as a major part of an alleged transition to renewable energy, the U.S. companies that make solar modules to turn…