Earl I spoke to DISA. Here are some clarifications to the figures that you mention in your email.
With staff reductions throughout FY03 (July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003 year which is the last reported 990 on file publicly with the IRS) we had between 31 and 22 staff to get to that salary and benefit total. The staff list on the web is reflective of today's current staff (13 employees) as of August 2004 (the FY05 year running July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005). Since July 1, 2002, as revenues declined, so did the number of DISA staff. With regards to rent, DISA was able to get out of the lease at the rent stated below and moved to our new location a year ago, November 11, 2003. Our new rent figure is $9,422 per month or $113,064 per year. Hope this helps. Doug > -----Original Message----- > From: Earl Wertheimer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 10:36 AM > To: William J. Kammerer; EDI-L Mailing List > Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Re: Format of DISA standards CD > > > > WIlliam > > > Gosh, $38,000/mo. for "occupancy" does seem high. Even for the > > Washington, DC area. Maybe you have to take into > consideration golden > > parachutes for past executives when looking at that 1.5 > million dollars > > in salaries & compensation at DISA; it's extremely > unlikely the worker > > bees are benefiting by the largesse. > > Perhaps the strings on those golden parachutes should be cut ;-) > > > "We'll ignore the conflict of interest that occurs when these same > > companies become the only source of certification for the > standard (like > > AS2)." There's absolutely no requirement that vendors achieve > > "certification" for their AS2 software. But I can see the > value to the > > potential customer buying AS2 software - who's about to let go of > > anywhere from $2500 to half a million dollars for a pig in > a poke - to > > know that the software has been "vetted" - somewhat - by an > "impartial" > > organization like the Drummond Group. > > I agree that certification should not be mandatory, but when > big players like > WalMart make it mandatory, the market changes. > > You've got the pig in a poke analogy backwards. > > The software is very expensive because Drummond Group charges > over $60,000 for > certification (and then many thousands additionally per > year). This makes it > very difficult for smaller companies to develop & sell AS2 > solutions for less > money. > > If the certification was eliminated (or price drastically > reduced), there would > be a lot more people developing solutions, which would drive > some of the costs > down. > > It's really unfortunate that companies like Ipswitch (who > make WS_FTP) have not > branched out from ftp to http and produced something like WS_HTTP. > > I'm all for EDIINT because it will eliminate very costly VAN > charges, but the > prices for AS2 software make penetration into the majority of > small/medium size > businesses very difficult. > > The thing that really bothers me (can you tell?) is that the > EDIINT/AS2 is > supposed to be a public, open standard, like X12. > > I'll have to do more research into the Open AS2 project... > > Earl Wertheimer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.spe-edi.com > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. > http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/OIFolB/TM > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------~-> > > . > Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject > prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> > Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/OIFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
