Washington - Members of the tech-savvy Obama administration spent their first full day in the White House on Wednesday coming to grips with largely outdated technology, including old computer software, disconnected phone lines and a shortage of laptops, The Washington Post reported.
"It is kind of like going from an Xbox to an Atari," Obama spokesman Bill Burton told the paper.
Staff members, who had relied heavily on the Internet and other cutting-edge technologies throughout the campaign, found that security regulations forbade staples such as outside email accounts and instant messaging.
And though the administration had pledged to keep the public in the loop through the Internet, its newly re-launched website had gone without an update until late Wednesday night.
Officials have vowed to rectify that situation, The Post reported.
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(Washington Post
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