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Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response?
From: David Ulevitch <davidu () everydns net>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:51:28 -0700
On Sep 13, 2005, at 1:13 PM, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote:
Attempts by agencies to spur the Federal Emergency Management Agency into urgent action were met with bouncing emails, the Journal said.
http://www.fema.gov/staff/extended.jspLists an "IT Services Division" that has ~250 possible points of contact.
Surely one of them has some clue... :-/ I think this sort of problem shows the endemic disease currently in place at FEMA. It's not just an "IT gaffe" or firewall mistake. It's a failure much more serious, sadly.
-David
Current thread:
- Re: mail service with no mx (was - Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response?), (continued)
- Re: mail service with no mx (was - Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response?) Steven M. Bellovin (Sep 14)
- Re: mail service with no mx (was - Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response?) Joseph S D Yao (Sep 13)
- Re: mail service with no mx (was - Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response?) Tony Finch (Sep 14)
- Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response? Christian Kuhtz (Sep 13)
- Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response? william(at)elan.net (Sep 13)
- Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response? Valdis . Kletnieks (Sep 13)
- Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response? Christian Kuhtz (Sep 13)
- Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response? Randy Bush (Sep 13)
- Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response? Michael . Dillon (Sep 14)
- Re: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response? David Ulevitch (Sep 13)