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  1. Typical Government Efficiency by kartaron · · Score: 3, Informative · on The Pentagon's Seven Million Lines of Cobol

    For 33 years the government has been trying to replace the 60 year old air traffic control systems. Three different systems have been tried. The first was a complete write off, meant to be an IBM designed Unix based system, it went overdue by years and billions and was killed off in 1994. http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Projects-Processes/The-Ugly-History-of-Tool-Development-at-the-FAA/ The Second named CARTS began in 1996, meant to be a replacement for the aging radar systems the program did replace the older systems in some airports, but again the program was killed for cost overruns and stalled production. http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/tracon-air-traffic-control-modernization-faces-prospect-more-schedule-cost/2013-06-02 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-31/air-traffic-upgrade-over-budget-facing-delays-report.html In 2003 they revived the project with compartmentalized implementations of an integrated system in order to see short term improvements. The first system, a replacement for CARTS renamed STARS) went in in 2012 and it is costing 60% more than expected, with the remaining systems set to be developed and implemented over the next 13 years. The next system to be implemented, ERAM, is already overdue by 4 years, over budget, and according to FAA reports, subject to critical failures and instability. http://www.airtrafficmanagement.net/2013/06/nextgen-over-budget-delays-certain-report/http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/eram-continues-undergo-critical-failures/2012-10-02 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Air_Transportation_System

  2. NIST report says we're not ready for IV by notreadyyet · · Score: 1 · on Kaspersky Says Lack of Digital Voting Will Be Democracy's Downfall

    A very recent report from NIST: http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/nist-internet-voting-not-yet-feasabile/2012-05-20 argues persuasively that while internet voting may appear to be a desirable goal, we just aren't anywhere near being ready to implement it yet securely. It is indeed surprising that Kaspersky might think otherwise, given how many high-profile online casualties there are...

  3. Boeing's track record on radios by david.emery · · Score: 1 · on Boeing Preparing an Ultra-Secure Smartphone

    basically sucks. See, for example: http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/dod-cancels-jtrs-gmr-long-live-jtrs-gmr/2011-10-17

  4. Re:they almost got me... by roothog · · Score: 5, Informative · on Exclusive Look at FBI's New Sentinel System

    It actually is legit. Here's an article from 2010 giving the same budget numbers, and saying that it will be ready by 2011 at the earliest. Getting close to ready in 2012 then seems about right. Story

  5. Re:Just another tax to add to our monthly bill! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on FCC Moves To Convert Phone Fund To Broadband Fund

    I suspect they will do what spectrumbridge is doing in claudeville,va. CHAIRMAN JULIUS GENACHOWSKI, COMMISSIONER MICHAEL J. COPPS, COMMISSIONER ROBERT M. McDOWELL, COMMISSIONER MIGNON L. CLYBURN, COMMISSIONER MEREDITH A. BAKER, are making statements, possibly to that effect.

  6. Same propaganda from December 2009, and before by walterbyrd · · Score: 3, Insightful · on Cyberwarrior Shortage Threatens US Security

    They typical run these propaganda campaigns about every six months.

    http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/u-s-faces-shortage-cybersecurity-workers/2009-12-23

    Screaming and crying about desperate shortages is just a routine part of business. It keeps the poor saps studying for a career they will probably never get. It keeps the markets nice and glutted.

    IMO: what really gives this away as propaganda, is the lack of specificity. They will never tell you exactly what credentials are supposedly in such short supply.