As Mark Litow and I have pointed out, U.S. entitlement programs and interest on the federal debt consume nearly every dollar the federal government receives in revenue.
Indeed, although it is easy to imagine the benefits to IBMers, the biggest challenge facing Mr Litow has been to ensure that the corps is actually benefiting those it claims to help, especially as the missions last only four weeks for regular staff and three weeks for the executives.
"The premier new emerging markets are in places where most big companies don't yet do a lot of business -- and we want to build a leadership cadre that learns about these places and also learns to exchange their diverse backgrounds and skills, " says Stanley Litow, vice president of corporate citizenship.