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.
The department was established on September 9, 1965, when Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act into law. It stipulated that the department was to be created no later than November 8, sixty days following the date of enactment. August 10, 1965 â The Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 instituted several major expansions in federal housing programs. 2  September 1965 â HUD is created as a cabinet-level agency by the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act. 3  April 1968 â The Fair Housing Act.