| Changes complicate Road Home
Dozens of changes in Road Home rules have required 28 upgrades to the program's computer tracking software, which in turn has slowed the progress of homeowner applications and even led to errors in final grant calculations, according to a report provided to the state. The 79-page report by KPMG, which cost the state $376,142 and was delivered months later than promised, highlights errors and slowdowns that frustrated grant applicants have been complaining about for months, and it offers recommendations for fixing them. But the report also gives Road Home contractor ICF International credit for improving its processes over the course of the past year and points out disruptive effects from policy and procedural changes ordered by the state. It found errors that were apparently corrected in the early months of the program, such as improperly recorded applicant identification numbers and mistakes in income calculations that determine the size of additional Road Home grants for lower-income families.
GEOCommand, Inc. Names Gray Reynolds to Board of Advisors
BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- GEOCommand, Inc. announced today that the Board of Directors has named Gray Reynolds to the company's Board of Advisors. Mr. Reynolds will serve as an advisor to the company especially on matters relating to the United States Forest Service. Albert Koenigsberg, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of GEOCommand, stated, "This advisor's appointment continues GEOCommand's process of building a world-class advisory team to increase shareholder value for the immediate and long term. As recent wildfires in Southern California have so poignantly reminded us, we continue to face unforeseen emergency response situations on a daily basis. GEOCommand, in a conscious initiative to continually improve our core understanding of fire incident first response community requirements, is pleased with the addition of Gray to our Advisory Board.
'No-Respect Bowl' caps season
We're not tough enough and this will not stop. And until we change the way we play and play harder, it will not stop." Imagine what he'll say after this one?
GAMES OF INTEREST
*San Antonio Spurs at Golden State Warriors, Today -- The Spurs are 17-2 at the AT&T Center, but are only 6-7 away, including losing their last four in a row on the road.
*Detroit Pistons at Dallas Mavericks, Wed. -- The Pistons have quietly been flying under the radar despite winning 11 of 12.
*Phoenix Suns at Utah Jazz, Thu. -- Recently acquired Kyle Korver has provided an offensive spark for the Jazz off the bench.
PRO FOOTBALL
Divisional playoffs feature Jaguars at Patriots
*Seattle Seahawks at Green Bay Packers, Sat., 4:30 p.m., Fox -- The world is full of second chances and Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck will get his.
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2008
Iowa Democrats. In the latest realclearpolitics.com average, Barack Obama is now leading Hillary Clinton 27 to 26 percent, with a competitive 23 percent for John Edwards. The Obama lead is accounted for by a late-coming Strategic Vision poll showing Obama leading Clinton 32 to 25 percent, with 25 percent for Edwards. Strategic Vision is a Republican firm, and I'm not putting much weight behind its results. If you believe it, it's great news for Obama; for me, it just confirms that this is a close three-way race. And Iowa polls, as I've written before, are problematic, since you're trying to isolate the 5 percent of the total electorate that will turn out on caucus night—at a time when some 2008 caucusgoers are not aware that they're going to participate, while others who are sure that they will participate will turn out not to do so.
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