Are You Hearing Me Yet? Cyber Cyber Cyber. The climate is ever changing but hackers continue to reap the benefits from businesses operating either under protected without any protection at all. Hackers are getting so smart. It isn’t only data being held for ransom...
Small Business Retirement Plan Mandate—Are You Aware? In May 2023, the state of Minnesota joined over half of other U.S. states in passing legislation requiring private-sector businesses of a certain size to either set up a retirement plan for their employees or be...
I hated math – hated it. I’m good at it, I just never liked it. Girls weren’t supposed to like math when I was growing up. Fast forward to college and requirements for a degree – mine was statistics. In this class I got an A, because the how and why data is used in...
New Year — Make Time Ringing in the new year means a time of resolutions and goals. There is so much emphasis on change and what you can do better. We are full of positivity and new outlooks due to a page flip on a calendar. I think we can make changes any day of the...
Are Contracting Programs at Risk? During a meeting with government entities today, we discussed the risk of contracting programs due to the supreme court decision on affirmative action in university admissions. This has been a concern since it occurred this summer....
What Happened in DC 2023 After the success of last year’s DC Fly-In with the Minnesota Transportation Alliance, the board made this a budget item for me to attend each year. AWC’s president Kendra Kron was also at the conference. This year, the attendees were focused...
