On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 04:34:46PM +0000, Cryptographrix wrote: > Have to agree with Shawn on this. > If you watch her testimony in front of Congress, it is clear that she was > completely flustered at the inability to hire competent people, and the > lack of her superiors to prioritize the modernization project she had so > passionately advocated for. > When I've worked for organizations larger than - say - four or five office > locations in diverse parts of the U.S., I've started to see how difficult > it can become to get all of them to coordinate on *anything*, and I'm not > even talking government here. > >From the sound of it, she ran into the ceiling of available workers that > were willing to work for the pay grade that the government offers for those > positions, which is usually much less than private industry offers and - as > a consequence - they are not nearly as familiar with migrations of that > size. > I do not envy her position, and doubt in the ability of anyone in her > position to do more than she has attempted. > Give her some credit.
She will have some large number of Civil Service Rockets "working", or at least on the TO&E below her: "Won't work; can't be fired." -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
