The water industry has traditionally been conservative because its No. 1 goal is to avoid sickening people, so it can bedifficult for a company to convince a municipality to risk testing a new approach.
The solution: As tricky as it is toapproach a boss about a concern, it can be even more difficultto bring up the subject with the clients who are giving you business.
While technology can certainly be a force multiplier for good or evil, it's difficultto imagine a pure A.I. approach reverse-engineering the machinations of a terrorist mastermind.
In this fashion, the president has a chance to present Senators Biden and Levin with a fait accompli that will be much more difficultto oppose, let alone undo, than would be the sort of "business-as-usual" approach driven by budget timelines and processes.