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List:       nanog
Subject:    Re: [Ext] Re: Hurricane Maria: Summary of communication status - and lack of
From:       Barbara Roseman <barbara.roseman () icann ! org>
Date:       2017-09-29 16:22:17
Message-ID: D6BE155D-8909-46A6-961C-9FD6593EC20F () icann ! org
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Sean, thank you for all the excellent updates you have been providing. Status.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. And 11k refugees? Who \
are they trying to kid with a number like that. 

-Barb
+1.808.385.1677
mauigrrl@earthlink.net

Written on the move, apologies for any errors. 

> On Sep 29, 2017, at 8:15 AM, Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> wrote:
> 
> Career federal employees are taught to write situation reports in very boring \
> language with just the facts known. Nevertheless, after reading lots of situation \
> reports, you start to notice when the bubureaucratic language changes. Perhaps the \
> most famous was the commander of Apollo 13's report "Houston, We have a problem." 
> Puerto Rico has announced a new web site with current status:
> 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__status.pr_&d=DwIBAg&c=FmY1u3PJp6 \
> wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=eFHwbDul3gCazAMQCZYPBUi5FR29U9pfCEZA3KSPp1U&m=8Q \
> GAW2zyikBvyqdqem1ufMWHN1wmpYs5CHOkKkgxHuY&s=zr44KzVhB4CMsDiVsjPo0RNdkIMb14m0WxW3UV60JYY&e= \
>  
> 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 Administration was \
> misreporting appointment waiting times to look better. 
> You can't fix problems, if the real situation isn't being reported accurately to \
> senior leadership even if its bad news. 


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