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Do you agree with Ramon Padilla Jr. that IT departments are often reluctant to embrace change? Have you considered alternatives to the products your organization currently uses to save money? Share your comments about embracing change in the IT department, as discussed in the Feb. 24 Government IT e-newsletter.

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by chris_oz

This is too true - our IT department is the last to replace paper forms in the organisation. In our defence, we've been busy getting IT working for the rest of the place.

by vince_clores

It is true that it is hard to convince departments especially those old timers whos defense is lack of time to learn something new and the usual tight budget (even if there is available money). One worse defense in our institution is the favorite qoute "I don't care to learn/embrace something new because in a few years from now i will be retiring" another is that "why replace a method of processing i am good at and had mastered for years". With this line of reasoning, they are too lazy to study new tricks and loves to wallow on their old ways even at the expense of hiring several contractual workers just to maintain the manual style of processing data.

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