What does the government mean when they talk about ‘accountability?  In our last post, we discussed the reactions to the very ambitious Federal IT Dashboard. The Federal government’s recent moves to incorporate business intelligence into the determination of how stimulus funds are spent seems to be another move along this path.

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.