The Hill has this report on how the White House‘s email was down 23 percent of the time in President Obama‘s first 40 days in office.
Excerpt:
Aging information technology left the White House email down repeatedly, according to Brook Colangelo, the White House’s chief information officer.
In an interview with Computerworld published Tuesday, Colangelo said he and his staff put in 80-hour weeks “if not more” to update the White House’s technology.

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