IP: US Govt IT failures

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 19:12:15 -0400
> To: farber@cis.upenn.edu (David Farber)
> From: Richard Jay Solomon <rsolomon@dsl.cis.upenn.edu>
>
> from an FT article at: http://specials.ft.com/theresponse/FT3TFUUY1SC.html
>
>
> > Companies that track the use of their search engines say that for its 
> > internet sleuthing, the Federal Bureau of Investigation uses the same 
> > popular search tools that are available, free of charge, to any home- 
> > computer user. Indeed, the agency's only advantage may be the number of 
> > man hours it can apply to finding useful information. (Earlier this year 
> > one of the most popular search services blocked the FBI because the 
> > agency was overwhelming its website. Upon its request, the FBI was 
> > recently allowed to resume using the site.)



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