Some expenditures, like the city buying flowers for sick or deceased relatives of city employees, or the city giving certain gifts to retiring city employees could be looked at as potential areas of abuse and need to be addressed in the policy. We need one set of standards for all departments.

Some of them will be with Meow Mix employees and their friends and relatives. But we're also expecting a lot of regular New Yorkers to stop by.

We always hate to see employees move out, but we're always seeing movements, both in and out.

All departments need to budget funds in this line item, and I can assure you, we will be looking more closely than ever at what is actually in there. If an auditor is looking for a finding, this is the first place he or she goes. There's also the public perception that needs to be considered. What is appropriate in the private sector isn't necessarily an allowable expenditure in the public sector.

The federal investigation of my law firm for giving bonuses to employees who are civic-minded and who care about this country and the judicial system is obscene.

Office Live is really aimed at U.S. businesses with less than 10 employees. Office Live is giving them an all-in-one solution to create an online presence -- from creating a Web site to having company branded e-mail and Web site stats, to having their own shared sites and online business applications so they can keep all their information in one place.