Compliance Checking

I am also a few days late in blogging about my iPad activities but I didn't have anything to blog about until now.

I still only continue to use the iPad for meetings. During the summer there are not a lot of activities going on where I can use the iPad for other more exciting items. I will be able to do some exploring hopefully on new apps soon. Yesterday we had a day long meeting which we listened to presentations and learned about activities related to one of the largest grants on Campus. At this event a consultant working with the Department of Energy attended and needed to do a compliance check with some of our records. I was able to pull up the Department of Labor Wage Determination that guides the project and he was able to train us quickly on comparing certified payrolls with this determination. This allowed us to confirm that we have met the required guidelines which are necessary for this contract and we can also bring this information on to the sites where these wage determinations are used and show the contractors. The iPad makes everything portable and we are able to save paper and can easily send the link to the contractor.

The iPad has replaced my personal laptop which I was using for work purposes. It is easier to carry back and forth so that I can complete emails at home and do research related to grants etc.

I still need to work with the CTLT to determine if the Apple Store App called numbers can be purchased and downloaded for us to use. Also we need to determine how the updates can be done and pushed to our iPads so that when there is an update for an app that the IT Department downloaded it can be done behind the scenes.