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Saturday, December 7, 2002
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Ben Standifer battles red tape, poverty, rickety equipment, heat, and
flash floods to do his job
By Brian Gillooly, InformationWeek, Dec. 2, 2002
Imagine being in charge of IT for an
entire nation, one in which four out of 10 families live below the
poverty line and few make it far enough in school to qualify for IT
jobs. Imagine dealing with a remote and rugged landscape that still
denies many residents access to electricity, much less the Internet. And
imagine doing your job on a slim budget while serving a region the size
of Connecticut. Now heap on several layers of bureaucracy that turn the
simplest tasks into odysseys. Welcome to the world of Ben Standifer,
director of information and technology for the Tohono O'odham Nation, an
American Indian reservation in south-central Arizona.
12:12:14 PM 
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