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...officials tend to praise the Saudis' recent sweeps of al-Qaeda cells. "We are now seeing excellent cooperation with U.S. personnel in this fight here in the kingdom," says Jordan. "The Saudis are sharing to a much greater degree the results of interrogations and on a much more timely basis." Another U.S. official refers to a "fire hose" of intelligence flowing out of the crackdown. "We know a lot more about how al-Qaeda operates in Saudi Arabia," he says. "We are getting information on its logistics, financing, operational planning and relations with al-Qaeda leaders outside the kingdom...
Other experts warn companies to think twice before they try to cut costs by scaling back such family-friendly perks as flexible work hours and on-site day care. B teamers value those benefits, which have helped ease the pain of pay cuts. At the same time, personnel experts say, senior managers need to do a better job of informing people at lower levels about how they mesh with the company's overall strategy. Says management consultant Byron Woollen: "Workers feel disenfranchised if they're not personally informed about how their contributions fit into the company's overall strategy...
CLOSING BASES Since the first Gulf War, the U.S. has stationed about 5,000 troops in Saudi Arabia. Earlier this year the U.S. began pulling out, primarily to an expanded base in Qatar. Only a handful of U.S. personnel remain to wind down operations at Prince Sultan Air Base. A few hundred troops will stay to train Saudi soldiers...
Kane says he expects things to run more smoothly at Harvard, where the registrar’s office boasts a considerably larger staff and its own technical support personnel...
...Kane maintains that the transcript errors, due to a combination of personnel problems and kinks in the office’s computer programs, were sour notes in what was otherwise a productive tenure...