Dear Bureaucrat, my job wants me to lie

Re:Dear Bureaucrat, my job wants me to lie by tvanantwerp on Thursday June 13, 2019 @11:13AM (#20175630)

This Dear Bureaucrat letter seems interesting as well. In response to the query, "How do I deal with this inadequate computer system?", the response is to use Shadow IT. I have strong feelings against Shadow IT, but I have equally strong feelings about government IT systems being garbage. I'm torn.

https://www.federaltimes.com/opinions/2019/04/18/dear-bureau...

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Re:Dear Bureaucrat, my job wants me to lie by pfortuny on Thursday June 13, 2019 @12:18PM (#20176305)

Goodness, that reply is awesome in the detail and savoir faire! Thanks for sharing.

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Re:Dear Bureaucrat, my job wants me to lie by empath75 on Thursday June 13, 2019 @12:40PM (#20176515)

It makes the mistake of assuming, as the letter writer does, that the purpose of the foia system is to reply to requests in an accurate and timely manner, rather than to bury them in red tape.

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Re:Dear Bureaucrat, my job wants me to lie by David_Reed on Thursday June 13, 2019 @01:33PM (#20176993)

[Running sarcasm detector.] Thanks!

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Re:Dear Bureaucrat, my job wants me to lie by pfortuny on Thursday June 13, 2019 @02:37PM (#20177491)

Honest, I’m impressed.

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Re:Dear Bureaucrat, my job wants me to lie by David_Reed on Thursday June 13, 2019 @01:32PM (#20176986)

Thanks. I'll post that column to Hacker News tomorrow.

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Re:Dear Bureaucrat, my job wants me to lie by stronglikedan on Thursday June 13, 2019 @02:44PM (#20177550)

I'm pretty sure tvanantwerp just did. ;-)

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