Website Evaluation Worksheet Summary

I am writing a paper about computer services outsourcing issues effecting America, and I have found a credible source of information to draw from when writing my paper. The article entitled, "It security rides offshore outsourcing wave" is found at http://news.cnet.com/IT-security-rides-offshore-outsourcing-wave/2100-7355_3-6094051.html#comments and is written by Dawn Kawamoto, staff writer of ENET News.

Based on the CRAAP test I believe that this source of information is a good and credible source to use in my research paper. The article was published in July of 2006, and the links are still current. I think it is still within the 3-5 year limitation for my topic to still be within a good timeliness. The relevance of this article directly relates to the security outsourcing percentages and data in 2006. It is written at a level where the average American citizen should be able to read and understand it. The source of information or the authority of the article is shown by having an established author, Dawn Kawamoto, who has written 1074+ articles for CNET News, and established publisher CNET News. I was able to find more information on the writer here: http://www.dailyfinance.com/writers/dawn-kawamoto/. The accuracy is shown by sitting information from a survey released by Computer Security and the FBI, as well as doing my own research and verifying some of the same data in this article at http://www.security-gurus.net/2006/08/highlights-of-2006-csifbi-computer.html. The tone of the article does not seem to be biased or having any positive or negative emotion used to write it. Finally, the purpose of the article is to inform its readers with data. The information is fact, and appears to be objective and impartial, and not using any personal, political, or religious biases. Using this CRAAP test has shown me that this article is credible and not "crap" to use in my research paper about the negative effects of outsourcing our computer services overseas on America.

Research Thesis Statement

Our growing reliance on overseas outsourcing is destroying our nation as a whole and will continue for our future generations. In order to reverse the negative effects of outsourcing on our nation, the government should put regulations on the total amount of outsourced work that is being sent out of the country; minimizing the negative effects, while still keeping most of the benefits of outsourcing.