San Francisco: Audit Finds City's IT in Disarray

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The San Francisco Chronicle.

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The absence of central oversight and planning in the purchase of computer
and information technology by San Francisco City Hall is wasting millions
of dollars a year, inhibiting efficient use of government data and creating
technological backwaters across municipal government, according to an audit
released Wednesday.

The audit by the Board of Supervisors budget analyst also found city
computer networks are vulnerable to outside attacks, and a large-scale
project to consolidate criminal databases used by law enforcement and the
courts is years behind schedule.

"It's pretty devastating. I don't think you can be too hyperbolic," said
Supervisor Tom Ammiano, who requested the audit. "There doesn't really seem
to have been anyone in charge of the store."

[snip]

More:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/04/BAR7SJF8O.DTL

Note: If San Francisco doesn't get it's collective IT act together,
they are likely to find themselves in the same situation as other
California government network resources -- hacked:

http://www.sacbee.com/103/story/413669.html

- - ferg

p.s. And by the way, there are still several *.ca.gov websites
out there that have been compromised, and either the contact
information is incorrect, non-existent, or the "lights are on
and nobody is home."

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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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