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BumRushDaShow

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14. I can attest to that

Reply to James48 (Reply #12)

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 08:14 PM

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Before I retired, there were some local IT staff but the big stuff was all contracted out - mostly starting in the late '90s/early '00s. The institutional knowledge that was shoved aside was sad as most of them ended up being COTRs to oversee the contractors.

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