Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response?
Hannigan, Martin
hannigan at verisign.com
Tue Sep 13 18:13:03 UTC 2005
>
> http://www.fema.gov/staff/extended.jsp
>
> Lists 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.
ObOp: Email is NOT a reliable form of communication.
DHS shouldn't start to think so either. NANOG
shouldn't worry about if someones email is working
as a byproduct, but sure worry if the store and forward
function of an ISP is. '
Anything below that is the individual SP's problem, IMO.
Perhaps there are reasons some corporate or volunteer
mail service is not working i.e. blocked, disallowed on port,
etc.
ObNotOp:
Anyone who needs to contact FEMA, already knows how. If they
are using a web page address, they probably shouldn't be contacting
FEMA directly, but working through their own government hierarchy.
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