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Air Force Has Lost 100,000 Inspector General Records (thehill.com)
schwit1 shares an article from The Hill: The Air Force announced on Friday that it has lost thousands of records belonging to the service's inspector general due to a database crash. "We estimate we've lost information for 100,000 cases dating back to 2004," Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek told The Hill in an email. "The database crashed and there is no data..." The database, called the Automated Case Tracking System (ACTS), holds all records related to IG complaints, investigations, appeals and Freedom of Information Act requests.... "We also use ACTS to track congressional/constituent inquiries."
The Air Force said they were "aggressively" trying to recover the data, adding that they had no evidence of malicious intent.
The Air Force said they were "aggressively" trying to recover the data, adding that they had no evidence of malicious intent.
Yep. Something was in those records someone wanted disappeared. This is SOP in government now; systematically destroying disk drives, deleting PST file content, wiping servers.... just another cover-up.
Maw! Fire up the karma burner!
The reason why contractors are used is simple... Campaign contributions.
Campaign contributions are only part of the problem. Another big factor is revolving door jobs. Most senior military officers serve for 30 years, from their early 20s to their early 50s. Then they "retire" on 75% pay, and are ready to move on to a civilian career. If they steer deals to the contractor during their service, there is often a wink-wink deal that they will get a job offer upon retirement. Then they can use their connections and contacts to work out similar deals with their former subordinates who have now moved up in rank.
I used to work for a defence contractor, and all the senior executives were former generals or colonels.
Of course, you can avoid all the expense of hiring they officers, by instead just providing them with hookers and cigars.