Re: [Ext] Re: Hurricane Maria: Summary of communication status - and lack of

[Barbara Roseman <barbara.roseman () icann org>]

Sean, thank you for all the excellent updates you have been providing. Status.pr is disturbing since there is no 
context to the stats offered on this page. 49% of supermarkets may be open, but with nothing on their shelves. And 11k 
refugees? Who are they trying to kid with a number like that. 

-Barb
+1.808.385.1677
mauigrrl () earthlink net

Written on the move, apologies for any errors. 

> On Sep 29, 2017, at 8:15 AM, Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> wrote:
>
> Career federal employees are taught to write situation reports in very boring language with just the facts known. 
> Nevertheless, after reading lots of situation reports, you start to notice when the bubureaucratic language changes. 
> Perhaps the most famous was the commander of Apollo 13's report "Houston, We have a problem."
>
> Puerto Rico has announced a new web site with current status:
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__status.pr_&d=DwIBAg&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=eFHwbDul3gCazAMQCZYPBUi5FR29U9pfCEZA3KSPp1U&m=8QGAW2zyikBvyqdqem1ufMWHN1wmpYs5CHOkKkgxHuY&s=zr44KzVhB4CMsDiVsjPo0RNdkIMb14m0WxW3UV60JYY&e=
>  
>
> However, in the last 24 hours I've noticed some agency situation reports used different statistics to report "happy, 
> happy, joy, joy" stuff. In the bureaucratic world, this is very concerning, such as when the Veterans Administration 
> was misreporting appointment waiting times to look better.
>
> You can't fix problems, if the real situation isn't being reported accurately to senior leadership even if its bad 
> news.