In the early 1900s, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. George Squier invented a system that allowed the transmission of multiple radio signals along the outside of electrical and telephone lines. In 1922, Wired Radio was created to develop Squier’s idea of delivering programming directly to homes and businesses using wires, and in 1934, the company changed…

Saint Joseph Seminary College, a small Roman Catholic undergraduate institution in St. Benedict, La., celebrated its 115th commencement this year. But for its communications infrastructure, it was like opening day. As a result of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, the Northshore, where Saint Joseph Seminary college is located, suffered serious flooding. The most basic of…

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the U.S. Treasury Department agency responsible for collecting taxes, as well as administering business and individual tax programs. The nearly 100,000 IRS employees include revenue agents, revenue officers, information technology specialists and human resources professionals. The IRS, like many organizations, has had to face a decrease in its travel…