The CotoBuzz Journal, Community Journalism

July 2008 ISSUE

We do not make jokes, we simply watch the LA Times, the Orange County Register and CID/HOA board of directors and report the facts!

OCSD Competitiveness as Public Safety Supplier and US Competitiveness in Global Markets.

ACM and the WGBH Educational Foundation launching a project to improve understanding of computer science among kids trying to reach Latina females and African-American males”,.

July 4, 2008

Concerned about the OCSD’s infamous culture, deputies have described as a “frat house”, and about the process used by the Orange County Board of supervisors used to select the new Orange County Sheriff, we asked newly appointed Sheriff Hutchens about whether her technology management capabilities matched the needs of the technology complex OCSD.

Various reports indicate that India and China are graduating more scientists and engineers than the US - The Economist reports that India graduated 690,000 scientists and engineers of all types while China produced 520,000 and the United States 420,000, for example, and in India, says a Newsweek article, you can get "quality work at 50% to 60% of the cost, and that it is well known fact that the number of young women gravitating to information technology has been declining for some time, and that industries such as the auto industry have been forced to outsource a good portion of the work to remain viable, and newspapers such as the Orange County Register are being forced to do the same.

Hence, we want to find out what Sheriff Hutchens know that we do not know, to make sure the public safety is not forced to outsource to remain competitive, or will she use the same old tired argument that goes something like this: The OCSD is most efficient, thus additional safety requires an additional budget”

The good news is that although the future of the OCSD remains in the hands of new Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, The Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) has been very active trying to promote science and technology among high school students in the US. In fact, the ACM and the WGBH Educational Foundation are launching a two-year project to improve the understanding and image of computer science among high schools in the US, with special efforts to reach Latina females and African-American males”, reads a press release. “This is an $850.000 grant with a significant research component that will underpin the development of potential messages and a message campaign”, the press release continues. For full text of the press release, click here

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