Letter: Thumb drives are useless at VA

  • Dec 07, 2007
Regarding “VA buys 25K secure thumb drives,” the thumb drives don't work and the Office of Information Technology has no solution.

You can't use them at a non-Veterans Affairs Department computers because the device drivers don't load.


It sort of defeats the purpose as everything within VA is connected via a network and there is no need for a thumb drive inside the department.


VA has sent us back to the Stone Age. I will give my next presentation at the national meeting by holding up pieces of paper. Should make a good impression.


Anonymous
Veterans Affairs Department


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