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> My wager is that NWS is like every other gov't agency. IT is a necessary evil, not a core focus. They do enough to keep it going but until shit hits the fan i
by tablespoon 6y ago
> My wager is that NWS is like every other gov't agency. IT is a necessary evil, not a core focus. They do enough to keep it going but until shit hits the fan it won't get enough attention from their leadership to receive the funding (for staff or systems) necessary to actually grow or even properly sustain it
Not just every other government agency, but every other non-tech organization.
- Jtsummers 6y agoAgreed, see my second paragraph above. Organizations suck at maintaining the infrastructure that they don't see as their core mission or their profit centers (and even then...). IT is one such thing for most businesses and governments. They don't appreciate how integral it is until it fails, then there's a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth and Congressional hearings.
- yellowapple 6y agoIf only organizations would treat things like IT, customer service, operations, fulfillment, logistics, etc. less as cost centers and more as results multipliers.