Undercover
A Contract Killing: The Drama of Government IT Work
Our anonymous CSO's tawdry tale of an IT services contract rollicks through software piracy, dope sales and worse. Who says government work is dull?
By Anonymous
Even though the evidence was clear, concise and indisputable, no disciplinary action was ever taken (of course my options were but one). Should I have reported this to the Inspector General? It was in fact the responsibility of my federal counterpart. The felonies committed would be swept under the rug and the incident forgotten. Other copies may have been made of the data as methods of protection and self-preservation, but that is just speculation.
We returned the servers so they could upgrade the software per the plan, entering them back into production. Three months later, I left the contract. ##
Undercover is written anonymously by a real CSO.
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