Here are the words I had to look up:
1. Epidemiology: The branch of medicine that deals with the study of the causes, distribution, and control of disease in populations. (epidemiology, n.d.)
2. Stratification: Formation or deposition of layers, as of rock or sediments. (stratification, n.d.) I was embarrassed when I read the definition – yea, I knew that!
3. I didn 't have a third one so here 's one: vibist: A person who plays the vibraphone. (vibist, n.d.)
IT Improving Sectors of Society – Government
I was struck by the way the Kenya Land Registry was 100% paper where Jenn Deba stated that it could take months if ever to find a deed that is needed (World Bank, 2007). She also mentioned how bad it would be if there were a fire or just water damage and how much data would be lost. I know exactly how she feels because in one government office where I worked the financial data, receipts and bills, were all in paper forms with reams of paper stuffed in binders along a 30-foot wall from floor to ceiling. I thought, what if there was a fire, all that …show more content…
or State of Virginia governments. Let 's say for a moment everything was indeed automated, the issues then becomes that most governments, including the USA, tend to lack experience with new technologies so laws, procedures, and rules don 't exist to protect access to the information. Indeed, I remember hearing a story many years ago on how the login screen came about in Microsoft 's operating system. True or not, it was said that when a hacker succeeded in accessing the Pentagon 's computer systems, it simply said "Welcome to Microsoft [operating system version – I forget which]" and in court, the hacker claimed that because it said, "welcome" he wasn 't trespassing. I do remember when Microsoft came out with the new "login feature" and in our office, we had to write up a statement on that login screen a warning for the one logging
1. Epidemiology: The branch of medicine that deals with the study of the causes, distribution, and control of disease in populations. (epidemiology, n.d.)
2. Stratification: Formation or deposition of layers, as of rock or sediments. (stratification, n.d.) I was embarrassed when I read the definition – yea, I knew that!
3. I didn 't have a third one so here 's one: vibist: A person who plays the vibraphone. (vibist, n.d.)
IT Improving Sectors of Society – Government
I was struck by the way the Kenya Land Registry was 100% paper where Jenn Deba stated that it could take months if ever to find a deed that is needed (World Bank, 2007). She also mentioned how bad it would be if there were a fire or just water damage and how much data would be lost. I know exactly how she feels because in one government office where I worked the financial data, receipts and bills, were all in paper forms with reams of paper stuffed in binders along a 30-foot wall from floor to ceiling. I thought, what if there was a fire, all that …show more content…
or State of Virginia governments. Let 's say for a moment everything was indeed automated, the issues then becomes that most governments, including the USA, tend to lack experience with new technologies so laws, procedures, and rules don 't exist to protect access to the information. Indeed, I remember hearing a story many years ago on how the login screen came about in Microsoft 's operating system. True or not, it was said that when a hacker succeeded in accessing the Pentagon 's computer systems, it simply said "Welcome to Microsoft [operating system version – I forget which]" and in court, the hacker claimed that because it said, "welcome" he wasn 't trespassing. I do remember when Microsoft came out with the new "login feature" and in our office, we had to write up a statement on that login screen a warning for the one logging