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Re:Homeland Security spent $430M on radios its employees don... by polarcuke on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @06:03PM (#4816771)
Yeah, this seems like pretty typical misuse of government money. Even if these radios are an effective investment why wouldn't they spend a couple million more and train the employees responsible for using them? It's pretty ridiculous in my opinion.
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Re:Homeland Security spent $430M on radios its employees don... by usea on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @06:21PM (#4816836)
Because the official who gets credit for the bullet-point on some report doesn't gain anything from the training. The incentive is only to be able to brag about having led the initiative on communication in their department.

(100% cynical conjecture; I'm sure the reality is much more nuanced)

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