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Wake Up and Smell the Coffee!

April 24th, 2009

coffee_machine_webOne way of perking up your work day is having a good cup of coffee.  Our office used to order large canisters of coffee grounds from office supply stores, and the receptionist would make a fresh pot of coffee everyday.  But it seemed like no one appreciated it and still strolled down the street to Starbucks™ and spent $3.00 for their daily doses.  Most of the time, they’d ask a couple of co-workers to go along.  By the time they got back it’s at least 20 minutes later, some may come back with various snacks from Famima!!™, some may come back with a new pair of shoes or a new gossip topic.  It became more than an issue with coffee taste but productivity issue with management. Read more…

OneSuite Business New Feature: Report Center

April 20th, 2009

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Thank you for joining OneSuite Business and providing us valuable feedback, as we continue to enhance product features for easier account management. To that end, we’re now introducing the OneSuite Business Report Center, a customizable feature which compiles account activities, balance and subscriptions status, absolutely free of charge. Read more…

If IRS Employees Abuse Phone Cards, So Would Yours

April 13th, 2009

accountingA recent audit report published by Deputy Inspector General for Audit titled “Controls Over Employee Telephone Calling Cards Are Insufficient to Identify Waste, Fraud, and Abuse” disclosed that as of February 2008, the IRS had issued approximately 34,000 telephone calling cards to its employees.  Between October 2005 and April 2008, approximately $8.4 million was charged to telephone calling cards held by IRS employees.  However, the IRS has not established effective controls to identify and address improper use of these cards, and the control weaknesses are the same weaknesses we identified in Fiscal Year 2004.  Read more…