The office of the Federal Chief Information officer has released the new Federal IT Dashboard, which reports on the progress of IT projects -- and related budgets -- of over 7,000 IT-related projects from nearly 30 federal departments, agencies and administrations. 

The number of major retailers releasing point-of-service (POS) data to suppliers continues to grow. Retailers are increasingly likely to understand that sharing POS data with suppliers helps enhance supply chain performance, and many retailers are turning to increasingly sophisticated systems to release this data regularly.