Multiple Computer Problems in Government Offices

Earlier this week psychotherapists who provide services to government offices went on strike because, due to computer problems, they had not been paid for six months. This is just another in a long series of major computer problems in government services. Prof. Piet Ribbers, who teaches information studies at Brabant Catholic University, says that there are many reasons for the problems, one being that the authorities often think that computers provide miracle solutions; others are that the computer technicians often do not have competent counterparts in the government offices.
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