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When IT and Bad Government Meet, Everyone Loses

Posted by chrisd on from the 9-track-really-isn't-the-answer dept.

Cron-os writes "The city of Wilkes Barre, Pa is furiously trying to enter some 25,000 tax records into their new PC network. Their aging AS/400 crashed sometime around April 15, and the city did not renew a maintenance contract with IBM because it cost more than the PC network. You can read the associated articles here, here, and here. I'm so glad I live across the river in a SANE city." I wonder if these bozos run their schools and roads departments with the same level of professionalism.

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  1. My Town by superid · · Score: 5, Funny

    About 6 years ago, our little town in southeastern New England said that the town hall would be late mailing out all our quarterly tax bills because the mouse on the computer in the town hall was broken! (I really should have kept that newspaper clipping!)

  2. Re:Bozos by danro · · Score: 5, Funny
    The only difference is that city officials would have been unable to play "the sims" in "off-time".
    Why play "The Sims" on your computer when you can play "Sim City" live!
    --

    "First lesson," Jon said. "Stick them with the pointy end."
  3. Re:Ob. Beowulf Comment by foobarlabs · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these government officials!

    Easy, it's called "Congress"

  4. Pa is furiously trying to enter 25,000 records by Mandelbrute · · Score: 5, Funny
    Pa is furiously trying to enter some 25,000 tax records into their new PC network
    Maybe Pa should get some help from Ma and the kids.