FBI computer system flops:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/03/fbi.computers/index.html
For the terrorist-tracking system, just get a big-ass Oracle RDBMS, typical add/change/delete/query-by-example/ACL (CrudScreen) user-interface tools, CrystalReports, and put in the following schema:
suspects // table name ---------- suspectID // auto-gen priority // Priority risk assigned to suspect suspectReasonCode // reason for being a suspect suspectFirstName suspectMiddle suspectLastName suspectAliases -------------- aliasID //auto-gen suspectRef // foriegn key to "suspects" table aliasFirst aliasMiddle aliasLast usedFromDt // used from date usedToDt suspectLocations ---------- locationID // auto-gen suspectRef locatFromDt // start date at location locatToDt locType (residence, airport, hotel, etc.) longitude latitude (insert typical address columns...) fieldNotes ------------- suspectRef agentRef // ID of agent authoring note locationRef encounterRef // if applicable (see below) textNote // text note for small stuff docRef // document reference (such as MS-Word file name) encounters // meetings or close encounters between multiple suspects ------------ encntrID // auto-gen encounter ID encntrDescript encntrDt // date of encounter locationRef // foriegn key to "suspectLocations" table encounterParticipants ----------- encntrRef suspectRef fromDateTime toDateTimeI'm done. Now where's my 30 mil?
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