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Virginia COMPETEs for the Common Good

Chris Pryer, Business Writer

Government Competes with Private Sector on Level Playing Field Today, as local and state governments struggle to provide services to an ever-growing, ever-demanding public despite inadequate financial resources, outsourcing and privatization of government functions is becoming more and more of

Taking the Chaos Out of Government Outsourcing

Chris Pryer, Business Writer

For government agencies across the United States, the ability to deliver services to their citizenry is being sorely taxed (no pun intended). Budgets are being strained beyond limit. Quality -- and quantity -- of services is deteriorating. And the varieties

From Hamstrung to Power

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Italy -- its name brings to mind the pungent parmesan and garlic odors, magnificent golden treasures in the cathedrals and palaces, crowded canals of Venice and mysteries of Pompeii. The nation holds many charms for tourists. Part of the culture

If the Shoe Fits

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Building for Future Competition and Growth Dramatic technological changes now regularly unsettle our ways of doing business, and this trend promises to wreak even more havoc in the future as technological advances occur even more quickly. Future organizational success already

Flooded with Possibilities

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

No doubt, you've seen the ads with the cupped hands ready to cradle your life. With the accompanying slogan, You're in good hands with Allstate, one would naturally assume that customer satisfaction is a high priority with this insurance company.

Strategic Defense

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

With technology requirements aimed squarely at their weakest point, yet with a goal to be the government's choice to build 21st-century destroyers, BIW made the strategic decision to outsource all of its IT operations to Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). We

Magnificent Medicaid Management

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Medicaid is one of the most controversial, complicated and expensive programs in U.S. government. It's very political, so there is a high level of interest, and there is also a lot of change going on in it all the time,

Outsourcing is Taking Three Forks

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Traditionally, outsourcing has been IT oriented. Today, however, outsourcing is taking three different paths. I see outsourcing falling into three distinct categories: the traditional IT suppliers,† the application service providers (ASP), and the business process outsourcing (BPO) suppliers. Different currents

Producing The Nation’s Paychecks On Time

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

If you are a salaried employee in the Netherlands, there's a 50-50 chance that Pink Roccade produces your paycheck. If we are one day late, there's a big economic problem, says Hans Kateman, communication manager for Pink Roccade, an IT

When the Government Comes Calling

Raymond Angus

This question is important to the solvency of any organization, but it is crucial to those companies doing business with the federal government, says George Phares, President of Strategic Direction Resource, Inc. For seven years, Phares' company, based in Houston,

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