Ancient USSS Computers

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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computer technology found that the agency's computers were fully operational only 60 percent of the time because of outdated systems and a reliance on a computer mainframe that dates to the 1980s, according to Sen.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.

A classified review of the United States Secret Service's computer technology found that the...
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computer technology found that the agency's computers were fully operational only 60 percent of the time due to outdated systems and reliance on a computer mainframe system from the 1980s, according to Sen. Joseph Lieberman.

"We have here a premiere law enforcement organization in our country which is responsible for the security of the president and the vice president and other officials of our government, and they have to have better IT than they have," said Lieberman, who is chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.

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 The Secret Service's databases are outdated and users are at times unable to conduct searches from one system to another.

Didn't Ron Kessler document all of this in his recent book?

Yep, I think so.............

Now if only they could get rid of their ancient management...

Now if only they could get rid of their ancient management...

Maybe they could trade them in for a new computer system. But they will probably have add a considerable amount of cash in addition.