Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response?

Tue Sep 13 17:51:28 UTC 2005

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.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.

-David