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To: M. Murray who wrote (540654)	11/2/2025 8:19:15 PM
From: Gary Mohilner	Respond to of 540755

I don't disagree, but of course the demolition was done without asking. I don't know if what was lost in what was torn down will be somehow included in what's built. If the White House offices are anything like the onces I've see elsewhere in Washington, staff people are jammed together with piles of paper, hopefully under the ballroom there will be more space for the executive staff. I've never been in the Pentagon, but I've gathered it's as crowded as the Crystal City Navsea offices I've been in. High salaried people can't possibly work efficiently in such environments. It's been some time since I've been back there, perhaps it's improved, but I doubt it. We have a lot of impressive buildings if you look at them from the outside, but most need a great deal of maintenance. I don't know if it's still true, but computers used in launch sites for our ICBM's were using the original 8" floppy disks found in the first PC's and TRS-80's. I gather that much of our flight controllers' systems aren't much better than that. It takes so long to order a major new computer system in the Federal system that it's obsolete before it's purchased, they know it, so system upgrades are frequently cancelled so better equipment can be specified. It's just too hard when Govt. buyers think they're saving money when they grind the suppliers for many months, or longer, to try to get a better deal. Gary