Secret Service computers only work at 60 percent capacity; agency uses 1980s mainframe

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-secret-service-outdated-computer-mainframe-system-1980s/story?id=9945663

"A classified review of the United States Secret Service's computer technology found that the agency's computers
were fully operational only 60 percent of the time because of outdated systems
and a reliance on a computer mainframe that dates to the 1980s,
according to Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn."

The article continues:

"Sources tell ABC News that the Secret Service was so plagued by computer problems
that the agency invited the National Security Agency to formally review its information technology systems.
The Secret Service's databases are outdated and users are at times unable to conduct searches from one system to 
another."
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Juha-Matti
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