Given Kidney's focus on man management, his technical coaching ability has occasionally come in for criticism but Kelly says such comments are unfair.

BBC: Kidney 'right' for Ireland role

Now FEMA is just one of 22 organizations that make up DHS. As NPR's Ari Shapiro reports, some who work in emergency management are asking whether that's hurt the government's ability to respond to natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina.

NPR: FEMA's Expanded Responsibilities Questioned

For management ability, they scooped up various surveys like Burson-Marsteller's one on company reputation, which polls chief executives and investors.

FORBES: Asset Assessment

For management ability, they scooped up various surveys, such as Burson-Marsteller's one on company reputation, which polls CEOs and investors.

FORBES: Asset assessment

Publishers unhappy with Apple's iTunes pricing policies have marginalized the company's ability to offer music free of onerous copy protections known as digital rights management.

FORBES: IPod Battles Rage On

In future, Hong Kong's competitiveness will be judged mainly by its ability to sell China services such as finance and management skills.

ECONOMIST: Hong Kong

The OpenTablet 10 integrates easily with OpenServices, OpenPeak's cloud services platform and device management system, to allow comprehensive device management to service providers, including the ability to push applications, perform firmware updates and lock devices.

ENGADGET: OpenPeak debuts OpenTablet 10 with transflective display