Office Technology and People: Volume 4 Issue 3

FROM PAPER DOSSIERS TO ELECTRONIC DOSSIERS: GAPS IN THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974

Priscilla M. Regan

This article examines the technological changes that have occurred in information processing since the passage of the Privacy Act in 1974 and concludes that new computer and…

COMPUTER SECURITY AND CRIME: IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY AND ACTION

Jim Dray

Computer users face fundamentally new levels of risks in information security because of increased use of networks, increased computer literacy, an explosion in microcomputer use…

OFFICE AUTOMATION: PRODUCTIVITY, EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL IMPACTS

Vary T. Coates

We are seeing a basic transformation of the technology underlying one of our most fundamental economic activities, information handling. In particular, that major part of…

TRAINING AND RETRAINING: MYTH AND REALITY

Wendell Fletcher, Katherine Gillman, Julie Fox Gorte

Significant changes are occurring in the work place, affecting some 10 percent of the work force each year. Although not all these workers need retraining, many of them are…

HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE AUTOMATED OFFICE: NATIONAL POLICY, ORGANIZATIONAL INITIATIVES AND INDIVIDUAL CHOICES

Benjamin C. Amick

“U.S. industry is under seige. Our competitiveness is at stake and AT&T is not finished with cost reductions. It's a moving target. We'll continue to be very, very aggressive but…