By Bob Brewin Friday, June 22, 2007 05:27 PM
A disturbing, yet a mostly unnoticed, quote by Defense Secretary Robert Gates appeared at the bottom of an Associated Press article about 1,500 Pentagon PCs being taken offline because of cyberattacks. The AP reports, "When asked if his own e-mail account was affected, Gates revealed, 'I don't do e-mail. I'm a very low-tech person.'"
This quote should disturb anyone, not to mention government executives, who are interested in government improving the way it operates. Information technology has progressed to the point that it is intimately intertwined in any organization's business processes and, therefore, strategic goals. It now can help drive an organization's strategy and, sometimes, even determine it, as it has done at Defense.
More at: http://blogs.govexec.com/techinsider/archives/2007/06/lowtech_gates_out_of_step.html
