“Discussion of time and attendance reporting inside Federal agencies might seem like a cure for insomnia.  Not so, my friend.”
- Jim Flowers, Director of VT KnowledgeWorks, located at the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, also the home of the Federal Division of Kronos, Inc.

Many companies fall under the category of "government contractor," and the standard perception of providing products and services to the U.S. government is one of innovation-slowing red tape to meet seemingly endless federal rules and regulations.

To quote Jim Flowers, not necessarily so, my friend.  Indeed, Jim Gray describes leading the Federal Division of Kronos, Inc. as more like founding a start-up than working for a large corporation.  "Every federal agency has unique requirements.  We have to have the flexibility to adjust and adapt to meet the needs of different customers," Gray said.

While the original product acquired in 2004 by Kronos from Blacksburg, Virginia start-up 3i Systems was a web-based employee time and attendance system, Gray and his team have developed new versions and expanded it into a suite of workforce management solutions.

And while many public sector companies seek ways to extend their web-based offerings to mobile devices, the Federal Division of Kronos has already developed, in-house, a mobile solution to enhance its signature workforce management system, Kronos webTA™.

"Given the new administration's emphasis on transparency and teleworking," Gray said, "we offer  ubiquitous computing solutions.  No matter where they are or what device they have, our solutions let  federal government employees track the work they do."

Ubiquitous computing on mobile devices?  My friend, at the Federal Division of Kronos - the equivalent of a start-up corporation within a corporation - there's way too much excitement on the cutting edge of the most innovative technology for sleep.

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