[LINK] Dumb Americans slow to catch on

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

 On Thu Feb 25  9:24 , Roger Clarke <Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au> sent:

>Smart IDs slow to catch on
...
>A major hurdle, federal managers say, is that agencies lack money to
>purchase and install the readers and related technology.
>
>The Bush administration issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive
>12 (HSPD-12) - the presidential order requiring the governmentwide
>rollout of smart IDs - in 2004 without providing any additional money for
>agencies to perform the more robust background checks on their employees
>and contractors that were required, to purchase the cards or to purchase
>and install the systems needed to use the card's enhanced security
>features.
>
>"This was an unfunded mandate," said Bob Shaw, director of security at
>PBS.

Well, D'uh. What do you expect, other than failure, from a project given a vague objective and not enough money?

It's back to my old hobby-horse "If a project does not meet expectations, blame the expectaions first".

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brd

Canberra Australia
brd at iimetro.com.au