I found a fascinating article on Euronews about the state of America’s security agencies. As well as the FBI and the CIA there are 14 other agencies, all of which report through to the “Director of National Intelligence”. Apparently what these 16 agencies don’t know between them isn’t worth knowing. The failings in US counter […]
Who Can You Trust?
An Arab diplomat has had his marriage annulled. The gentleman only met his wife to be a couple of times before the arranged marriage; on each occasion her face was hidden behind a niqab. It is alleged that after the marriage certificate was signed the man tried to give his wife a kiss. It was […]
Are You Worth £150k?
A very interesting article today about how the government plans to cap the salaries of top earners. The BBC was called out as a particular problem. Apparently everybody with a salary of more than £150,000 who works in the Public Sector will have to explain to the government why they are worth so much. In […]
Can’t Or Won’t?
The biggest complaint about administrative processes is the amount of red tape we have to deal with. So what is red tape? “The mechanical and totally unnecessary adherence to regulations, needless duplication of records and the compilation of excessive amount of extraneous information resulting in prolonged delay or inaction.” I got that from The China […]
Off Target
If you were given a target and then had your bonus (or job security) tied to it what would you do? Sort out your processes so that it was possible to meet the target? What if it wasn’t within your control to meet the target? Would you cheat? How much effort would you expend fudging […]
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