-challenged (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Shapiro, Fred]

FWIW, in library-speak nowadays, "resource" is usually an electronic item accessible by library users, sometimes a print item.

Fred Shapiro



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In the business-speak I hear from my wife, a resource is always a person (ie a human resource).

Neal

On Jan 23, 2013, at 11:10 AM, "Mullins, Bill AMRDEC" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:

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> In Pentagon-speak (and much of the rest of the govt, I suppose),
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>> Rep. Menendez tells a Congressional committee that the State
> Department
>> "has been resource-challenged for many years."
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>> Not enough money? Not enough people? Not enough embassies? Not enough
>> brains? Not enough pencils? Not enough anything?
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>> But the term *is* user-friendly.
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>> JL
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