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RE: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response?

  • From: Hannigan, Martin
  • Date: Tue Sep 13 14:14:19 2005 
> 
> http://www.fema.gov/staff/extended.jsp
> 
> Lists an "IT Services Division" that has ~250 possible points of  
> contact.
> 
> Surely one of them has some clue... :-/  I think this sort of 
> problem  
> shows the endemic disease currently in place at FEMA.  It's not just  
> an "IT gaffe" or firewall mistake.  It's a failure much more 
> serious,  
> sadly.


ObOp: Email is NOT a reliable form of communication.

      DHS shouldn't start to think so either. NANOG 
      shouldn't worry about if someones email is working
      as a byproduct, but sure worry if the store and forward
      function of an ISP is. '

	Anything below that is the individual SP's problem, IMO.
      Perhaps there are reasons some corporate or volunteer
      mail service is not working i.e. blocked, disallowed on port,
      etc. 

     


ObNotOp:

Anyone who needs to contact FEMA, already knows how. If they
are using a web page address, they probably shouldn't be contacting
FEMA directly, but working through their own government hierarchy.