Fish And Game Fed Up With Faulty Computers

Wed., July 23, 1997

From Staff And Wire Reports

Idaho Fish and Game Director Steve Mealey insists the contractor providing computer service to his agency fix the glitches after another attempt to sell leftover controlled hunt tags failed.

The agency on Tuesday suspended the sales once again due to a computer failure right after the process began. The equipment operated by GTECH Corp. faltered when the number of transactions from machines at vendors and Fish and Game office exceeded 1,200 per minute.

Mealey told GTECH he is concerned the department is losing credibility over something completely out of its control.

He insisted on repairs which would make the sale work as promised, “at every vendor statewide, so that the person in Tendoy is treated as fairly as someone at Fish and Game headquarters in Boise. As soon as we have a target time for the sale to run, we’ll get out an announcement.”

The system floundered last Tuesday.

Fish and Game said GTECH made a commitment to work around the clock to upgrade or replace the computer hardware that failed, reporting every two hours as problems are resolved.

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