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January 16, 2005
FBI Virtual Case File Down the Virtual Toilet?
The FBI said it may have to scrap a new $170 million computer program designed to allow agents to share information instantly and fix a main problem identified after the Sept. 11 attacks. The software is already outdated and inadequate. Failure of the Virtual Case File software is the latest glitch in the bureau's effort to overhaul its computer system.
The FBI was trying to completely revamp a very antiquated system all at once. An anonymous official said in the future, changes should be done in stages, so software will not be outdated by the time it is launched. "I compare the FBI to changing wheels on a car that is going at 70 miles per hour," the official said at a briefing.
The Virtual Case File software was commissioned from Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego in 2001 but was delayed repeatedly before being delivered last month. An independent study should determine this month if any part of the Virtual Case File software can be salvaged. - Reuters
Hmm... I wonder what part of outdated and inadequate they don't understand. I can't help but wonder if the development of this software had been outsourced to somewhere outside the U.S.
Cindy
Comments
Doesn't this just make you feel good about our tax dollars at work, though?
Brain matter deposited by: Kat on January 17, 2005 4:58 PM
Welcome to the real world, where the FBI can't even buy a clue. With other people's money.
Brain matter deposited by: paul on January 17, 2005 8:45 PM
Cindy? Where the hell are you?
Brain matter deposited by: Kat on January 20, 2005 3:24 PM