Mitch Kapor to phase out involvement in OSAF
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The Open Source Applications Foundation has announced a major funding and personnel shakeup, including that Lotus Development founder Mitchell Kapor will begin to phase out his involvement and investment in the nonprofit organization, which he founded in 2001.&quot;Strategically, we find ourselves at a crossroads,&quot; OSAF&#39;s Katie Capps Parlante said in a blog post.&quot;OSAF has been primarily funded by one person up to this point, Mitch Kapor. Our goal going forward is to modify our organization and our funding model to grow into a publicly supported community project, not propelled by one individual,&quot; Parlante wrote.&quot;I will be leading the next phase of the project, and Mitch will be winding down his role on the project. Mitch will provide transitional financial assistance to support the organization through 2008. Mitch will step down from the board, and I will replace him,&quot; she added.In September, OSAF shipped a preview of its Chandler group collaboration software, which includes Chandler Desktop, Chandler Server and Chandler Hub, a Web application. The software lets users share information, such as calendars and tasks.Parlante said moving forward, OSAF&#39;s paid staff headcount will be cut by roughly two-thirds, going from 27 to 10. &quot;While I expect that most former staff members will move on to other endeavors, we certainly welcome them to remain involved with OSAF and Chandler in some capacity,&quot; she said.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday that a top staffer overseeing the &#36;7.6 trillion mutual-fund industry will step down for a private-sector position.
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Nicholas Burns, the U.S. pointman on Iran and India and the number three U.S. diplomat, is expected to step down for personal reasons in an announcement to be made on Friday, a U.S. official said.
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Plan to disband the government's controversial arms sales department, the Guardian can disclose.
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The blueprint for a different approach includes the pullback of all American combat brigades over the next 15 months.
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President Bush's point man for  international counterterrorism policy has quit, the first  resignation by a senior official to be made public since Bush's  reelection, a U.S. official said on Friday.
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The country&#39;s top counter-terrorism detective, who led the probe into the 2005 suicide bombings in London and a number of other high-profile alleged security cases, is to retire, his force said Friday.
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Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, carried out his orders, and declined to engage in public dissent. The end of his career is one more sign of the politicization of the American military.
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Michael V. Kostiw has withdrawn his name for consideration as CIA executive director, the third-ranking position at the agency, after public disclosure that he had resigned from the agency under pressure more than 20 years ago.
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San Francisco 49ers Coach Dennis Erickson withdrew his name from consideration yesterday for the head coaching vacancy at the University of Mississippi, the day after interviewing for the job.
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Oklahoma starting quarterback Rhett Bomar was kicked off the team Wednesday after an investigation revealed he broke NCAA rules through his employment at a local business, according to a television report.
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A federal judge officially reduced the suspension of Indiana forward Jermaine O&#39;Neal on Thursday. A ruling by US District Judge George B. Daniels was made final, thus eliminating
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Roger Alton, editor of the Observer for almost a decade, yesterday announced he would step down at the end of the year.
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Former U.S. attorney Bud Cummins, who resigned in December and was replaced by Karl Rove assistant Timothy Griffin, sent this Feb.
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Saracens head coach Rod Kafer stands down from the Premiership club.
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Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson announced his resignation today, saying he would step down from his post as head of the federal government's second-largest department no later than October 1.
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The Army forced its surgeon general, Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, to retire, officials said Monday, the third high-level official to lose his job over poor outpatient treatment of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.