Thirty-six percent say they are motivated to leave by better pay or career advancement opportunities Eighteen percent of government workers say they are dissatisfied with their jobs, and 20 percent plan to leave their current positions by the end of 2007, according to a recent CareerBuilder.com survey. Thirty-six percent say better pay and/or career advancement opportunities will be their primary motivations for leaving. The survey, "Job forecast 2007 - Government," was conducted from November 17 ... [full story]

Two men, one a registered sex offender, have been charged with raping a 14-year-old Aloha girl they pursued online at MySpace.com, a popular social networking web site favored by teens, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office reported Thursday. Jover Mabaet and Dennis Keomoungkhoune, both 21-year old Portland residents, were arrested January 12 after the victim’s father allegedly found the two men in bed with his daughter, said deputies. The suspects first met the girl in person, ... [full story]

U.S. Government Security Mandates Heighten Workforce Professionalism and Preparedness, Analyst Study Finds The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, the non- profit global leader in educating and certifying information security professionals throughout their careers, today announced the U.S. government- specific results of the third annual Global Information Security Workforce Study, conducted by global analyst firm IDC and sponsored by (ISC)2. According to the report, the U.S. government's efforts to improve its overall security posture ... [full story]

Taleo Research Study Finds Majority of Top 100 Retailers Now Use Website for Hourly Jobs Recruiting Taleo Research, the talent management research division of Taleo, this week released findings from a survey of the Top 100 Retailers' hourly recruiting methodologies. The maturity of the Internet and staffing management technologies, combined with an understanding of the value creation potential from improved hiring practices create a compelling scenario for examining -- and improving -- the methods for ... [full story]

Digital Sales of Appassionato - His First Sony Classical Release in Two Years - Eclipse CD Sales Sony BMG Masterworks is proud to announce that legendary recording artist Yo-Yo Ma is the first in the label's history to have an album sell more digital copies than CDs in its first week. Released on January 9, the Grammy-winning cellist's Sony Classical recording Appassionato also enjoyed the all-time highest percentage of first week digital sales for ... [full story]

Tektronix, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, today announced the appointment of Kaj Juul-Pedersen to its Board of Directors and to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee as well as the Organization and Compensation Committee. Mr. Juul-Pedersen is president of Sitella, an international consulting firm based in Denmark. Tektronix is a leading supplier of test, measurement, and monitoring products, solutions and services for the communications, computer, and semiconductor industries -- ... [full story]

Not only would such a change help the blind it would also have a great effect on the counterfeiting of our paper money! It makes me wonder greatly why a government which has went to great lengths and expense with watermarks and implanted threads in our currency as a means to supposedly counter act the counterfeiting, yet blatantly refuses to embrace this Court's directive which would help that of our sightless citizens? I believe there ... [full story]

America's Youngest Scientists and Engineers Show What They Know More than 17,000 middle school and high school students from 42 states begin a journey this month that they hope will take them to the National Finals of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Science Bowl(R). The National Science Bowl tests teams in all areas of science and math using a fast-paced question and answer format similar to Jeopardy. It is the only educational ... [full story]

RECENT RELEASES THE GOOD GERMAN -- In "The Good German," George Clooney is a former American correspondent in Hitler's Berlin, he returns in uniform in 1945 to cover the postwar Potsdam Conference and gets caught up in intrigue. His private agenda beats world politics: He's still in love with ex-stringer Lena Brandt (Cate Blanchett), who served the Nazis and is still married to a   George Clooney stars in "The Good German" fugitive German intellectual (Christian Oliver). ... [full story]

'TRUE FACTS' Each year in the United States, coffins and burial vaults result in more metal being put in the ground than was used to make the Golden Gate Bridge, and enough concrete to build a two-lane highway from New York to Detroit. TRUE FACTS - Each year in the United States, coffins and burial vaults result in more metal being put in the ground than was used to make the Golden Gate Bridge, and ... [full story]