Mr. Nolan, the Islip supervisor, said the devices had helped Islip catch three town employees speeding, another driving all day without stopping to work, and another parked in a town-owned vehicle in a hotel parking lot on his day off.
A parks-department employee sped by in a golf cart; we passed a leopard-skin umbrella and a guy (my guess was Senegalese) in a Che Guevara T-shirt talking on his cell phone.
In a telephone interview, Dr. Coppin said she did not help get Ms. Lam's husband a job or urge her employees to speed up his paperwork.
Joining I.B.M., said Jack Noonan, chief executive of SPSS, which is based in Chicago and has 1,200 employees, will speed the adoption of his company's technology, given Big Blue's global marketing reach and deep pockets for investment.
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has said he intentionally sets unrealistic production deadlines to spur suppliers and employees and speed projects along.
A dozen poultry slaughter facilities enrolled in that pilot program to test out the theory that removing USDA inspectors, handing over some of their inspection duties to plant employees, and speeding up the lines will somehow lead to chickens with fewer quality defects and microbial problems.
The restaurant hired additional managers to get the employees up to speed.
One provision, for example, would speed employees' ability to become fully vested in 401(k) plans.
In the United States, a half-million businesses and organizations have received elaborate information and training kits that will be used to bring employees up to speed.
The Pentagon is seeking to transfer to civilian positions up to 320,000 jobs now carried out by people in uniform, as well as to hire new civilian employees at a speed common in the private sector and to create a compensation system based on merit, not longevity.
