http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Tom+Gardner Business Management Tom Gardner Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=367316&ca=Business+Management When you lose your wallet or have your purse stolen, it is a big deal. Your money, your identity, your security are all gone, and your financial situation goes into Code Red. But you are just one person, with only so much money. Just imagine that the same is true for a business, except that instead... Business Tom Gardner Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=307766&ca=Business Everybody knows that a contracted company provides airplanes, tanks and clothing, but our conception of our military doesn’t generally include civilians out there with them. Fortunately for a multitude of federal contractors, this perception is quite mistaken. The biggest problem is confusion betwe... Business Tom Gardner Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=307768&ca=Business Defense contractors provide a huge variety of services to the military. Quite simply, a defense contractor is a company or individual that provides products or services to the defense department of a military. Products range from military aircraft to ships to “Meals Ready To Eat”, the beloved MREs... Business Tom Gardner Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=307770&ca=Business How to sort out which is which? You have to know whether training is provided or not before you bid on any given contract, after all. Fortunately, there are some common-sense guidelines to help sort through the question. First, realize that governments hire private contractors to save money. Traini...