Maybe Dick Clark can finally get that promotion he was looking for.
Hopefully, the rest of "Homeland Security" will follow this excellent example immediately.
Who is this schlub and why do I care if he quits his job?
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"confiding to industry colleagues his frustration over what he considers a lack of attention paid to computer security issues "
Sadly this is the lament of many IT professionals in many companies. They are trying to explain a difficult topic to lay people who have little or no understanding of the topic and in many cases won't defer to those who do.
Technology and tech professionals move very rapidly. Government moves very slowly. The only thing government can do quickly is grind down result oriented people.
Strange donation pattern for this guy. Writes a big check to the Bush campaign in August of last year, then in September 2003, after he gets the Washington job, he donates to Wesley Clark.
He is no different then most I.T. developers who get frustrated and quit with no notice, leaving their employers to twist in the wind. I run an I.T. business and have a VERY hard time finding people who are capable but yet understand timing and my deadlines in relations to serving clients. I get lots of "yeah it's almost done" to finding out a project was barely even started. Most coders have a very specific way of doing things and are very independant group of people. We wonder why our I.T. is going offshore to China and India?
He wrote a report listing the financial cost of securing all government-owned Windows installations.
Duck and cover ...