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other needs Mlt is v«y impotent \
for everyone at MSSA to be ;
sensitive and responsive to the {
needs and concerns of the
community ” Mr DILuzio said. !
MSSA also provides base
operating support services to the
Greater Kelly Development
Corporation (GKDC). GKDC
plans and manages the transfer of
property and subsequent
development of Kelly AFB into a
multi-use business and industnal
complex. Through its GKDC
contract, MSSA also provides
support services to the Ar Force
under a Cooperative Agreement1
and directly to industrial park
tenants including the Boeing
Aerospace Support Center located
at Kelly AFB.
Boeing Service Company a
subsdiary of the hugest builder of
military and commercial airplanes
in the world and a highly
diversified company provides
services and support to the
transition of McClellan Air Force
Base facilities to the County of
Sacramento and the operation arid
maintenance base facilities. This
activity includes a broad range of
logistics support functions
including civil engineering,
airfield operations, weather, and
air traffic control. Boeing Service
Company also provides support
services tot the Air Force
Guidance and Repair Center in
Newark, Ohio and otner customers
worldwide.
Today’s Internet
speeds education
to everyone at
their convience
Z By EARL W. STAFFORD
W * >
7 Distance learning has been a part
£of the America’s training and
education landscape for more than
a century. In the 19th century the
* U.S. mail delivered
* correspondence courses to
students whose access to schools
; and colleges was denied by
l distance and income. Something
* was missing in those
correspondence courses, however
interactivity. It took weeks for
students to get valuable feedback
from instructors in distant places.
Today immediate interaction is a
critical part of the distance
learning opportunities made
possible by the technologies that
are the tools of this Information
Age. The Internet, the World Wide
Web, video teleconferencing,
interactive computer software and
e-mail all put the student and
instructor in the same virtual
classroom or training center.
The most important barrier that
today’s technologies overcome is
not geography but time. Students,
workers making mid-life career
changes, government employees
and corporate executives all have
multiple demands on their time.
They want to learn and be
retrained on their own schedules,
at times and locations convenient
to them.
* Our company, UNITECH,
„learned first-hand about the
potential for distance learning
when we updated a training school
in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for
the Defense Nuclear Agency. The
l agency was having a problem with
classes being held for admirals.
“ The attendance was off. Many
* simply didn’t have time to attend.
To meet this challenge, we
'developed a Web-based course
" where they could “attend” when
" they had the time to log on to their
« computers.
1 Distance learning has
* contributed greatly to UNITECH’s
* phenomenal growth. From one
' employee and annual revenues of
7 $100,000, we have grown to more
7! than 300 employees and annual
» revenues of more than $30 million.
- Our programs teach soldiers how
; to fire M-16 rifles. These “classes”
cut training time in half. The
soldiers are better prepared when
they finish our courses for real
separate too many of our citizens
from the opportunities offered by
this Information Age.
Economically deprived and
socially disadvantaged Americans
desperately need to be brought
into the mainstream. We can’t
afford to waste any of their human
potential if we want to maintain
our leadership in an increasingly
competitive global economy.
Distance learning can help
Americans struggling to become
more self-sufficient and young
people with little access to
educational institutions.
We can use computers and
interactive CD-ROMs to bring
customized courses to mothers on
public assistance and to
underprivileged students.
Distant learning programs can
teach crucial interpersonal skills.
A simple program can make clear
that at work “How are you?” is a
more appropriate greeting than
“What’s up?”
Young people respond to the
visual stimuli in interactive CD-
ROMs, Internet-based programs
and other high-tech distance
learning applications. They’ve
been conditioned to them since
birth.
Everyone — government,
private businesses and the public
— must unite and take advantage
of this opportunity to use
technology to lift those who have
been left out of the nation’s
mainstream.
Learning is like rowing up the
river against the current. As soon
as you stop, you fall behind.
Distance learning offers a timely
opportunity to return the oars to
those struggling to get back in the
boat.
Earl W. Stafford is President and
Chief Executive Officer of
Universal Systems & Technology,
Inc. (UNJTECH), an
information technology company
headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia.
time experience on the rifle range.
» We teach them how to inspect
j and maintain Humvee military
7 vehicles. The courses improve the
soldiers’ comprehension rates and
T allow them to learn at their own
• pace. Costly 10-to-15 pound
^training manuals have been
> replaced by a nearly weightless
■ single CD-ROM that can be
updated quickly and cheaply
^through Web-enabled systems.
Z Private businesses use our
“courses, too. With 3-D graphics,
‘ animation, video clips and
feedback functions, learning
’ comes alive for corporations that
‘ want creative ways to energize
“their employees and educate diem
“ on health care, sexual harassment.
retirement and other issues.
£ There will be more business
► opportunities in distance learning
“for UNITECH and other
"companies. To succeed in today’s
«work place, every employee from
j*the fop executive to die new clerk
»— must become a lifetime learner
“or be left behind.
“ There is another role for distance
HI our higfHechnofogy
one not unlike that played
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CRIME TIP
Crime prevention at the
work place
When we go to work, do we
forget our Crime Prevention
sense? I would venture to say that
the majority of do. Almost any
crime that can happen at home or
in your neighborhood, can happen
OFFICE THEFT AND OTHER
CRIMES:
•Keep your purse, wallet, keys,
or other valuable items locked in a
drawer or desk or with you at all
times.
•Check the identity of any
strangers in your office area or
notify Security or Management.
•Always let someone know
where you’ll be- whether its
coming in late or early, or going
out to lunch.
•Mark all personal items brought
to work with your name, initials or
your driver’s license number.
•Report all dimly lit corridors or
areas, doors that don’t lock
properly, broken windows.
COMMON TROUBLE SPOTS:
•Reception Area- Is the
receptionist equipped with a panic
button, a lock on the front door
that can be remotely controlled?
•Stairwells— Never use the
stairwell alone.
•Elevators- Don’t get into
elevators with people who look out
of place or behave strangely.
Always stand near the elevator
controls. If someone on the
elevator makes you nervous, get
off the elevator.
• Restrooms— Attackers can
hide in stalls and in comers, so qse
an “employee only” restroom. Be
extra cautious when using
restrooms that are isolated or
dimly lit.
•After Hours— Don’t work late
alone. Create a buddy system for
walking to the parking lot.
•Parking Lots or Garages-
Choose a well-lighted well-
guarded parking garage. Always
lock your vehicle and roll the
windows up completely. Have
your keys ready and in your hands
before you get to your car. Check
the front and back seats before
entering your vehicle. Lock your
car as soon as you get in. Drive
away as soon as possible.
WORKPLACE VIOLENCE:
•Is yoour office secure? Are
telephones programmed for one
touch emergency use Are there
sign—in policies for visitors,
panic buttons, safe rooms, good
lighting and Safety Training?
* Does your employer actually
check the background of potential
employees, and take care in hiring
and firing. Are Termination
Proceedures clearly defined with
special attention to advance notice,
severence pay and placement
services.
•Could you recognize a
potentially violent employees and
the signs of stress that could lead
to a violent outburst?
•Are you encouraged to report
any behavior that is unusual or
violent. Is there a clearly written
policy on proceedures in cases of
violence and the sanctions for
violators? Do you know whom to
report these things to?
•Does your employer provide an
Employee Assistance Program?
The tips above are just a few
things to consider each time we go
to the workplace.
Be Safe, See you next week.
Yours faithfully
Ptftn. W. Herring # 0442
crime Prevention Unit
in the workplace. Common sense
and a little Crime Prevention skill
can help make your workplace a
safe place. Consider the following
tips for common workplace
situations.
EG&G TECHNICAL SERVICES AND BOEING
SERVICE COMPANY SIGN TEAMING
AGREEMENT TO SEEK LACKLAND APB
BASE SUPPORT CONTRACT
“EG&G Technical Services and
Boeing Service Company
announced a partnershp agreement
to seek a contract that will provide
future base operating support
services for Lackland AFB,
Texas,* according to Mr. Rudy
DiLuzio, President and General
Manager of EG&G Management
Services of San Antonio, Inc, the
EG&G Techncal Services
organization at Kelly Air Force
Base.
The Air Force will ask industry
for proposals to proposals those
services in the coming months.
The Air Force will then decide .1
those bids meet the criteria of
having substantial service and
technical quality but lower in costs
than those currently being incurred
by the government.
Both EG&G Technical Services
and Boeing Service Company are
noted for their world-class
management services and
technical expertise and bring
extensive and proven experience
to their development of an effer to
support Lackland, itself a world
class miitary traning organization
“This partnership between
Boeing Service Company and
EG&G Technical Services brings
together massive proven, effective
and cost saving management
services and sKills that will enable
foe Air Ferae at Lackland to
acheve their targeted savings while
continuing to train the thousands
of people who pass through the
base every Year,” Mr. DiLuzio
said.
Both EG&G Technical Services
and Boeing Service Company
have been providing successful,
cost effective, efficient Services to
their clients for many years. As an
example, EG&G Technical
Services opperates the Kelly
Ostribution Center at Kelly, the
first of seventeen Defense
Logistics Agency Distribution
Depots to be competed for
possible contract operation.
Management Services of San
Antonio headquartered at Kelly
Air Force Base since 1996. has
been instrumental in the successful
redevelopment of Kelly AFB
through the attraction of new
industries and the preservation of
hundreds of existing jobs During
those years MSSA has developed
and implemented a vanety of
community-focused programs to
help local employees and tbeir
families with educational and
I
{Methodist minister defies church,
officiates at 2nd same'sex union
CHAPEL Him N.C — A United
Methodist minister dismissed from
one church for blessing the union of
two women has officiated over anoth-
er sameoex ceremony and risks being
defrocked.
The Rev. Jimmy Creech of Raleigh
officiated Saturday at a union ceremo-
ny for two men, Jim Raymer and Lar-
ry Ellis.
“It was not a tough decision at an,
Mr. Creech said Monday. “I was hon-
ored that they asked me and very glad
to do it I realize that the church right
now is in a very legalistic and moralis-
tic frame of mind.It has taken a posi-
tion that I think has institutionalized
bigotry. It was not difficult at all for
me to take a stand against that”
Mr. Creech was narrowly acquitted
in a United Methodist Church trial
last year after officiating at a ceremo-
ny for two women at the First United
Methodist Church in Omaha, Neb. He
was later dismissed from the local
church.
Mr. Creech is on a voluntary leave
of absence from the United Methodist
Church but remains under the
church’s authority, particularly Ne-
braska Bishop Joel Martinez. Mr.
Creech has said that he told Bishop
Martinez last month of his plans to
perform the latest ceremony and that
the bishop warned him against it
Ministers can be tried and dismiss-
ed from the clergy if they officiate at a
homosexual union.
Although last weekend’s service
took place in North Carolina, any com-
plaint will be handled by foe Nebras-
ka Conference, said North Carolina
Bishop Marion Edwards.
The promise for an open telecommunication* market came
*
a stap closer in 1995 with the passage of House Bill 2128
by the Texas state legislature. That legislation and
Southwestern Bell’s voluntary discount programs helped
introduce many new services. For kids In Texas schools,
it opanad up access to distance learning. For visitors
to libraries, It opened up faster access to Information
through toll-free Internet access. And for people at
non-profit hospitals, it axtsndad remote access to medical
specialists over high-speed ISDN lines.____
Readers may write Stafford at
UNITECH, 12450 Fair Lakes
Circle, Suite 625, Fairfax, VA
22033. UNITECH also has an
office now in San Antonio, Texas.
Cemetery Group Buys
Insurance Company
», 4l Stockholders are: (L-R) Craig Cates, Shawl K Curry,
Raymond Clay and Beverly Houston (seated)
Craig Cate*. President of MeadowLawn Memorial Park,
along with the Officers of MeadowLawn have purchased
American Surety Life Insurance Company of Austin, Texas.
It hm been renamed Texas Burial Life Insurance Company
and will operate out of foe offices of
MeadowLawn ar 56II E. Houston St in San Antonio.
The company will primarily sell burial insurance to foe growing Texas market
Texas Burial Life '
INSURANCE COMPANY
^ (A fljpdlW Pwrnmw Company)
P.O. Box 200606 • San Antonio, Texas 78220
Mfht
Let’s keep the future of
communications wide open
But the 1995 legislation is just a start. Southwastarn Ball
continuaa to work with the state leglalatur# to bring the
full promise of an opan talooommunlcatlons market to the
people of Texas. That way paopla throughout the state will
continue to experience the full Benefits of now tfelHIBtatF
We’re working with Toxas. Far tha future of Texas.
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