Fergie's Tech Blog

San Francisco: Audit Finds City's IT in Disarray

Wyatt Buchanan writes in The San Francisco Chronicle:

The absence of central oversight and planning in the purchase of computer and information technology by San Francisco City Hall is wasting millions of dollars a year, inhibiting efficient use of government data and creating technological backwaters across municipal government, according to an audit released Wednesday.

The audit by the Board of Supervisors budget analyst also found city computer networks are vulnerable to outside attacks, and a large-scale project to consolidate criminal databases used by law enforcement and the courts is years behind schedule.

"It's pretty devastating. I don't think you can be too hyperbolic," said Supervisor Tom Ammiano, who requested the audit. "There doesn't really seem to have been anyone in charge of the store."

More here.

Note: If San Francisco doesn't get it's collective IT act together, they are likely to find themselves in the same situation as other California government network resources -- hacked. - ferg

posted by Fergie @ 10/04/2007 12:16:00 PM