The other day, I received a call from a state representative regarding the information posted on my website. They asked me about its content. The woman on the phone was totally non-communicative, arrogant, and oblivious to the answers given in response to her questions.

Having been formally unemployed for over a year, the last thing I wanted was to jeopardize my UC benefits. The content on my website (s) is not only intended to convey in-depth information to visitors, but also to showcase my particular skills and talents. The woman had none. The more he spoke, defiantly, the more obvious it was that he was not an IT person. Her phone cadence ended with her assuring me of an investigator’s next follow-up contact.

The content of the site not only speaks for itself, but it is very clear that it does not generate income for my personal benefit. However, the generation of income from family, friends and acquaintances is the only benefit for the business and the activities that belong to those particular people. The published data is primarily intended to help people regarding education, current and past events, and job connections. The site also helps me in job search and exposure to potential employers. The intention is to make an impression.

Computer Science Students of color are severely underrepresented in the IT workforce.

People of color with degrees are the least represented group prepared for IT jobs in the information technology industry. The implication shows a serious discord between higher education and the information technology industry. The limited number of IT workers isn’t just limited to people of color. Attraction and retention by employers of a particular group represents a significant deficit for the information technology workforce. Underrepresented groups – that is, African Americans, Latin Americans, women, and older workers – would benefit profoundly from the expanding needs of the information technology workforce. The 1998 report by Herman D. Hughes, a professor at Michigan State University, said: “Studies have shown that if these underrepresented groups were fully involved in the IT workforce, there would be no IT workforce shortage.

“New legislation, White House policy and a cybersecurity czar should help the situation. The lack of centralized leadership has hampered the sharing of information on vulnerabilities and uncertainty about the government’s security policy remains to be done. to open data silos, “according to Mr. J. Nicholas Hoover of TechWeb.com.

Federal agencies reported that various intelligence agencies had information on the US attackers from September 9, 2001. This miscommunication misstep aided gaps in information sharing between these relevant agencies. Mr. Hoover also said that no agency had all the pieces needed for a complete information package. However, “there has been progress since then, from multi-agency information sharing agreements to the adoption of wikis and blogs.” While gaps and gaps persist, information sharing on terrorism has become a government-wide approach to data sharing.

“Less than half of the affected agencies have implemented information sharing mandates and training programs,” says Hoover. The Markle Foundation considers that “old habits are hard to die.” All agencies are required to disclose details of their stimulus spending as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This includes all the states involved and the jobs that have been created. The Treasury Department seeks consistency in its financial reporting with the treasury accounts of the entire government. Improvements within the White House Office of Management and Budget are expected to create cohesive financial management systems in its improvement efforts, according to the Hoovers report.

The question is why are redundant non-interoperable systems still normal within government agencies? Hoover says: “Many agencies insist on maintaining their independence and those that want to open up face technical obstacles to sharing information.” He cites the Department of Defense as an example of this. Military branches are reluctant to use the Defense Information Services Agency (DISA) or the Defense Business Transformation Agency (BTA).

Siled information has proven to be DOD’s biggest challenge while slowing down the modernization of department business systems, as recorded by the Government Accountability Office. Over 3,000 disparate financial systems are replaced and / or connected to 12 ERP systems (short for Enterprise Resource Planning, a business management system that integrates all facets of the business, including planning, manufacturing, sales, and marketing As the ERP methodology has become more popular, software applications have emerged to help business managers implement ERP in business activities such as inventory control, order tracking, customer service, finance, and human resources. ) with an annual spending allowance of $ 1 billion. Countless interfaces require connectivity for reconciliation errors within these government systems.

“It is clear that the future of information technology is inextricably linked to the preparation of underrepresented students,” says Bob Reed, vice president of diversity and inclusion for Cingular Wireless Systems, as reported by Mr. Fred Green Jr., writer for NNPA Technology. “The road to success begins long before a potential employee completes a job application.”

The collegiate study of this reporter has spanned more than 10 years. Attend Philadelphia Community College, beginning in the fall of 1996 with Management and Technical Studies and Berean Institute College of Business Administration and Computer Science in Philadelphia PA, accredited by: The Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology, etc. The last institution is an “HBCU” (Historic Black Colleges and Universities).

A challenge was presented to three HBCU campuses. The three historic universities were Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA; North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina; and the University of Florida at Tallahassee. Business students from all three campuses were in charge of the development, implementation, and marketing plan to reach out to their campus peers and faculty members. Cingular Wireless Systems made this challenge, says Mr. Green. The rewards are scholarships, grants, and company products. The Cingular Challenge provides an opportunity for business students to showcase their skills to show capable balance and theory with the concepts of teamwork as well as individual creativity. (Challenge results will be announced at a later date.)

Employers are constantly looking for new skills, training and learning. Why is it so difficult for IT and BI (information technology and business intelligence) students to acquire the jobs and career paths they seek? (Especially within government agencies!) Why are entry-level jobs riddled with red tape when applicants obviously have the skills and abilities to perform IT tasks and responsibilities?

IT manpower shortage? Please!

Skilled IT workers tend not to have their skills in idle form. They, (we), must be up to date with trends and changes in information. We are constantly encouraged to continue our educational activities even when costs have risen to levels unattainable for the average person. We are encouraged to create and maintain online profiles and resumes that attract the attention of employers. We are encouraged to show our skills and talents on the Internet, only to be scrutinized, ridiculed, disrespected, misunderstood, and misunderstood. Our competition is not from our country and yet they constantly encourage us while discouraging us from achieving our government’s goals: “The American Dream!”

Competition constantly nurtures your home-grown (and not home-grown, but home-grown) skilled and competent talents that take your IT productions to greater heights. That particular talent (in most cases) cannot withstand the pressures of financial stress, not to mention medical ones, with the knowledge that nurtured talent is intended to serve the government it calls home … homeland: at least one for two years. The competition looks at us and smiles. The competition grows with changing trends in technology and changes as we sit back and shout “IT staff shortage!”

The competition goes home with the trophy and we are in sixth and seventh place on the IT and BI platform (s) of the global competition. Take a look at Beta Max, VCR, home computer (s), electronics, etc. Isn’t it time for us to ride high, to be first, to lead? We did it with the Presidency, right? So why can’t we find a way to fill the “IT staff shortage” and utilize all of our talent … throughout the Land of the Free … the Home of the Brave? Inclusion is the only way to achieve total and total freedom and free ourselves from our technological ties. We don’t have to settle for runner-up either!

Are employers viewing your website, profile (s)? Are they drawing the wrong conclusions? Is the contractor / vendor employed adept at the current challenges of the IT world and its technologies? Is the researcher able to understand simple computer language and its meanings and symbols? Or is it once again “Big Brother” announcing who is really in control?

What’s on your website?

Until next time.