Tackling the Rising Cost of Offender Healthcare
At the recent American Correctional Association conference in Salt Lake City one issue highlighted the complexity of corrections today – the continuing increase in offender healthcare costs....
View ArticleERP Everyone Can Actually Use
A challenge after implementing any ERP solution is getting people to actually use the new system. Sure, employees want the information; they just don’t want the hassle of attending extensive training...
View ArticleOur Kids: Nonprofit improves insight and control over local foster care,...
Every child deserves a happy childhood, and Our Kids is committed to providing one for as many children as possible. Overseeing and directing a system of foster care and adoption for the Miami-Dade and...
View ArticleSeeking modern solutions to manage prison healthcare spending
At the recent American Correctional Association conference in Salt Lake City, one issue highlighted the complexity of corrections today – the continuing increase in offender healthcare costs....
View ArticleStruggling with Multiple Versions of the Truth?
It’s pretty ubiquitous, that first word out of most financial manager’s mouth when you ask what system they use for analyzing information: “Excel.” As the World’s most widely used financial analysis...
View ArticleMitigating Government Risk with Microsoft Dynamics CRM
One of the most time-consuming tasks for government agencies is managing risk. From worker safety to emergency management to property damage, government employees must constantly identify and manage a...
View ArticleElection Day A Get Out of Jail Card
Ten thousand prisoners in California are celebrating the outcome of Election Day 2014. No, not because the GOP took the Senate although the U.S. prison system is an equal opportunity incarcerator that...
View ArticleHealthcare Stimulus to Drive Transformation in the New Year
The healthcare industry enters the New Year reveling in what seems to be an embarrassment of riches. Despite the political controversy over the efficacy of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in some...
View ArticleScientific Proof: IT Dollars Make Government More Efficient
In a soon to be published academic study in the journal Management Science, three university professors finally provide scientific proof that investing money in information technology makes government...
View ArticleCommunity Policing – Regaining the Trust
Fourteen police officers in the U.S. were indicted for on-duty killings over the course of the spring and summer 2015. The charges against the officers included murder, homicide and manslaughter....
View ArticleWebinar: Microsoft Dynamics AX Industry Strategy and Solutions Briefing
Microsoft Dynamics AX delivers powerful Industry solutions across Manufacturing, Retail, Distribution, Services, Healthcare and Public Sector. In this webcast, you will hear from Microsoft’s US...
View ArticleCommunity Policing – Regaining the Trust
Fourteen police officers in the U.S. were indicted for on-duty killings over the course of the spring and summer 2015. The charges against the officers included murder, homicide and manslaughter....
View ArticleOutside the Hospital Walls: The Future of Healthcare
“Better-informed patients, they say, are more likely to take better care of themselves, comply with prescription drug regimens and even detect early-warning signals of illness.” –The Wall Street...
View ArticleCriminal Justice Reform – Can We Get it Right this Time?
On November 1, 2015, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) began the largest ever early release of over 6000 federal prisoners as part of a bipartisan criminal justice reform effort. Over the course of...
View ArticlePutting the Cart Before the Horse in Criminal Justice Reform
By Douglas B. Marlowe, J.D., Ph.D. Chief of Science, Law & Policy National Association of Drug Court Professionals In the 1980s, a rare opportunity presented itself to reform the U.S. criminal...
View Article2017 Federal IT Budget – Out with the Old, In with the New
The good news is a 9% increase in federal IT spending for brand new systems instead of continuing to dump billions into the maintenance of old and highly insecure business applications. It is a...
View ArticleU.S. Department of Defense (DOD) – All in on Windows 10
I can still remember back in the late 1980s and early 1990s rumors that Microsoft sales reps had problems getting meetings at the Pentagon. An anti-Microsoft bias was prevalent among a small yet...
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