04-18-2009, 05:46 PM
Sounds like an Employer problem.
I've worked for the Government for the last 10 years and we get hit all the time with viruses.
We have people/students/public at libraries/etc. using the government servers all the time.
We rely upon the internet to take attendance when the kids come in, do roll throughout the day, communicate throughout the day with other teachers and administrators, etc... yes we rely upon the internet.
We should all know... especially by now... that you don't let strangers on your own computer at work. We all have personal computers... and they are password protected if we do leave our desks.
What is county time and what your duties are may depend on exactly the amount of usage one uses on the computer.
Who is to say that 59 year old getting ready to retire *Joe Slow* has a government job that requires him to use google maps to find locations.
Is it our fault that it takes 59 year old *Joe Slow* 25-30 minutes locating the location on map because they don't understand how to find things just yet....
However 22 year old *Joe Fast* can locate that location in 1 minute and move on to another task which could be 5 minutes of web surfing... and then 15 minutes of more productive work while *Joe Slow* is still looking for that "Map Spot".
Or Say *Joe Slow* is asked to research other states policies on something and the online database is where they need to go. 59 year old Joe Blow takes 3-4 hours researching and then another 2 days writing it out.... because of lack of online research skills and just not knowing exactly where to find things.... but then *Joe Fast* comes along and can get that same job done in 2-3 hours and then move on to even more important tasks while *Joe Slow*.
How much county time should be allotted for each person per project?
Heck... it took the county 4 friggin months to finally set up a new website when they said it would be coming for months. I could have done it their very first day Kenoi took office.
Wonder how much County Money was spent during the 4 months in the "Design" Process of that new site?
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I've worked for the Government for the last 10 years and we get hit all the time with viruses.
We have people/students/public at libraries/etc. using the government servers all the time.
We rely upon the internet to take attendance when the kids come in, do roll throughout the day, communicate throughout the day with other teachers and administrators, etc... yes we rely upon the internet.
We should all know... especially by now... that you don't let strangers on your own computer at work. We all have personal computers... and they are password protected if we do leave our desks.
What is county time and what your duties are may depend on exactly the amount of usage one uses on the computer.
Who is to say that 59 year old getting ready to retire *Joe Slow* has a government job that requires him to use google maps to find locations.
Is it our fault that it takes 59 year old *Joe Slow* 25-30 minutes locating the location on map because they don't understand how to find things just yet....
However 22 year old *Joe Fast* can locate that location in 1 minute and move on to another task which could be 5 minutes of web surfing... and then 15 minutes of more productive work while *Joe Slow* is still looking for that "Map Spot".
Or Say *Joe Slow* is asked to research other states policies on something and the online database is where they need to go. 59 year old Joe Blow takes 3-4 hours researching and then another 2 days writing it out.... because of lack of online research skills and just not knowing exactly where to find things.... but then *Joe Fast* comes along and can get that same job done in 2-3 hours and then move on to even more important tasks while *Joe Slow*.
How much county time should be allotted for each person per project?
Heck... it took the county 4 friggin months to finally set up a new website when they said it would be coming for months. I could have done it their very first day Kenoi took office.
Wonder how much County Money was spent during the 4 months in the "Design" Process of that new site?
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Damon Tucker's Blog
FBI Blogs