An employee stock ownership plan is an employee-owner program that provides a company's workforce with an ownership interest in the company. In an ESOP, companies provide their employees with stock ownership, often at no upfront cost to the employees. ESOP shares, however, are part of employees' remuneration for work performed. Shares are allocated to employees and may be held in an ESOP trust until the employee retires or leaves the company. The shares are then either bought back by the company
The Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) is a remedial action plan (the process of accepting or resolving a risk) which helps the agency to identify and assess information system security and privacy weaknesses, set priorities, and monitor progress toward mitigating the weaknesses.4 A
Milestones should preferably be felt as a natural part of the project. Of course, what people mean by ânaturalâ depends on their experience and qualifications in subjects of relevance to the project. Natural milestones are, for example, normal decisions and consignments within the type of project we are planning. The way a milestone is formulated should allow us to determine whether the desired state has been achieved or not.