Chatter is an enterprise collaboration platform from Salesforce, a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) vendor. Chatter can be used as a company intranet or employee directory. Each employee has a profile page with photo and work-related information that explains what the employeeâs role is within the company, who the employee reports to, where the employee is located and how to contact the employee.
The New York Times. Politics. Ben Carson Is Confirmed as HUD Secretary. The new secretary of housing and urban development, Ben Carson, with his wife, Candy, and his 5-year-old granddaughter Tesora Carson, after being sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Credit Al Drago/The New York Times.
Now, as HUD secretary, Carson controls the $46 billion government agency that oversees housing for the poor. President Trumpâs proposed 2018 budget would cut HUD spending by $6 billion. âWe will use whatever resources we have very efficiently,â Carson said. âThe other thing to keep in mind is that the traditional view of HUD and government is we ride in on a white horse with a bucket of money â¦ and go off to the next thing,â he continued.