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Originally posted by KRL
That's all fine and dandy, but try telling it to the CID agent when you're getting audited.
An interesting note in the news today from congressional GAO testimony basically indicating the agency's IT systems are still not up to steam and $280 billion is gathering dust in the uncollected files.
I never understood with a $10 billion budget why they can't get their systems functioning. Just doesn't add up.
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I think large organizations have big problems keeping up with technology. You and I can toss out our desktop machine ever 2 years or so for the latest model with the operating system that all the best software is designed for.
A gigantic organization can't update itself and its software all the time. Just the decision-making process can take so long that by the time they are ready to reach a decision, the original options have become outmoded or obsolete.
Frequently, changes involve a top-to-bottom total overhaul, which is extremely difficult if not impossible to do within a complex organization that must keep functioning at all times.
No wonder some companies are still having their code written and maintained in Cobol, Fortran and other ancient computer languages.