EDITORIAL OBSOLETE BUREAUCRATS.IT may sound like a silly question, but it begs asking: What is the purpose of Los Angeles' Information Technology Agency? To stay on top of matters related to information technology? Apparently not. At least with regards to the city's cable television franchises, ITA ITA abbr. initial teaching alphabet ITA initial teaching alphabet: a partly phonetic alphabet used to teach reading ITA n abbr (BRIT) (= initial teaching alphabet) → is still stuck in the 1980s. While we're grappling with digital cable, video on demand and hundreds of channels, the folks at ITA are apparently still marveling at this newfangled new·fan·gled adj. 1. New and often needlessly novel. See Synonyms at new. 2. Fond of novelty. [Middle English newfanglyd, fond of novelty, alteration of invention called MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. . According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Controller Laura Chick, the terms of the city's 15 cable TV franchise contracts date back to 1987 - never mind that the technology has undergone multiple revolutions since then. And that has a direct impact on the services available to L.A. residents as well as the amount the city gets paid in fees - and whether city bureaucrats ever actually get around to correcting them. City leaders swear swear v. 1) to declare under oath that one will tell the truth (sometimes "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth"). Failure to tell the truth, and do so knowingly, is the crime of perjury. up and down that they're on top of the problem, and tough renegotiations are under way. Let's hope they mean it. Because that's what they said last time the issue of outdated contracts was raised - back in 1999. |
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