[196037] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [Ext] Re: Hurricane Maria: Summary of communication status - and
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barbara Roseman)
Sat Sep 30 05:02:50 2017
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Barbara Roseman <barbara.roseman@icann.org>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:22:17 +0000
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.OFS.7.76.1709291052390.47070@cnex.qbaryna.pbz>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Sean, thank you for all the excellent updates you have been providing. Stat=
us.pr is disturbing since there is no context to the stats offered on this =
page. 49% of supermarkets may be open, but with nothing on their shelves. A=
nd 11k refugees? Who are they trying to kid with a number like that.=20
-Barb
+1.808.385.1677
mauigrrl@earthlink.net
Written on the move, apologies for any errors.=20
> On Sep 29, 2017, at 8:15 AM, Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> wrote:
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> Career federal employees are taught to write situation reports in very bo=
ring language with just the facts known. Nevertheless, after reading lots o=
f situation reports, you start to notice when the bubureaucratic language c=
hanges. Perhaps the most famous was the commander of Apollo 13's report "Ho=
uston, We have a problem."
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> Puerto Rico has announced a new web site with current status:
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> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttp-3A__status.pr_&d=3DDwIB=
Ag&c=3DFmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=3DeFHwbDul3gCazAMQCZYP=
BUi5FR29U9pfCEZA3KSPp1U&m=3D8QGAW2zyikBvyqdqem1ufMWHN1wmpYs5CHOkKkgxHuY&s=
=3Dzr44KzVhB4CMsDiVsjPo0RNdkIMb14m0WxW3UV60JYY&e=3D=20
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> However, in the last 24 hours I've noticed some agency situation reports =
used different statistics to report "happy, happy, joy, joy" stuff. In the =
bureaucratic world, this is very concerning, such as when the Veterans Admi=
nistration was misreporting appointment waiting times to look better.
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> You can't fix problems, if the real situation isn't being reported accura=
tely to senior leadership even if its bad news.
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