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Bad "Buss Duct" Causes Week-long Closure of 5,000 Employee Federal Complex

Posted by timothy on from the something-to-be-indignant-about dept.

McGruber (1417641) writes In Atlanta, an electrical problem in a "Buss Duct" has caused the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center to be closed for at least a week. 5,000 federal employees work at the center. While many might view this as another example of The Infrastructure Crisis in the USA, it might actually be another example of mismanagement at the complex's landlord, the General Service Administration (GSA). Probably no one wants to go to work in an Atlanta July without a working A/C.

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  1. Re: Well, the GSA could start firing the contracto by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is all about conservatives promoting the meme that government can't do anything right is all. Generally speaking not worth wasting electrons on, which is ironic since a lack of them due to a mechanical problem is all we're talking about here.

    Newsflash: in a large complex system any failure can and will have undesired consequences.