Mr. William Campbell This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. How to Survive in the Public Sector - Peer To Peer - CIO Magazine Jul 1,2003

   www.cio.com//archive/070103/pe - [Cached]

   Published on: 9/12/2003   Last Visited: 9/12/2003

   BY WILLIAM CAMPBELL
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   William Campbell was Wyoming's first CIO and "cleared the stubble" for those to follow. He now works for the Technical Services Organization, the systems development arm of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service. He can be reached at c wm campbell@msn.com.
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   Well about a year ago I took over for a County Government and while it may not be state government, many of the frustrations that Bill expressed are present here as well.
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   I made all my comments to Mr. Campbell, and I don't write anything I am unwilling to sign.
   
   I am curious why Bills e-mail and the copy of his aritcle only went to a select group of Wyoming IT folks.
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   Bill Campbell would love to have us all feel sorry for him, but the experience he relates had more to do with his own inflexibility than with the inflexibility of a State government. Mr. Campbell came to Wyoming under the impression that he could impose his military ideas and defense-department methods on everyone from elected officials to the technical people that keep the place running. When he met with resistance, he made it clear that he considered the resistors to be either idiots or crooks, or else why would they disagree with him? He insulted elected officials, bullied agency heads, threatened vendors, and made a habit of secretly recording telephone calls without the knowledge of the participants. And as for the new Governor, Mr. Campbell claims he "was not so astute." Maybe not, but he was certainly astute enough to recognize a phony.

2. 2. How to Survive in the Public Sector - Peer To Peer - CIO Magazine Jul 1,2003

   www.cio.com/archive/070103/pee - [Cached]

   Published on: 7/4/2003   Last Visited: 7/4/2003

   BY WILLIAM CAMPBELL
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   William Campbell was Wyoming's first CIO and "cleared the stubble" for those to follow. He now works for the Technical Services Organization, the systems development arm of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service. He can be reached at c wm campbell@msn.com.