That is horrifically underfunded, so the pay is low, so the employees get poached all the time. I have a bit more insider information here than most as I had family that has worked in the court system and law enforcement 20+ years, and was good friends with IT at the county.
These counties are generally so busy fixing past problems there is zero time, budget, and manpower to implement new technology like you're talking about. Seriously recovering encrypted systems is a major part of their time. As to the poaching, the number one 'company' that poached good IT people in the county was the feds. They tend to pay a lot more, and they too are generally critically understaffed.
Most IT people simply don't want to work for county/state/fed at the end of the day because pay isn't great, and for that not great pay there are a lot of restrictions.
That is horrifically underfunded, so the pay is low, so the employees get poached all the time. I have a bit more insider information here than most as I had family that has worked in the court system and law enforcement 20+ years, and was good friends with IT at the county.
These counties are generally so busy fixing past problems there is zero time, budget, and manpower to implement new technology like you're talking about. Seriously recovering encrypted systems is a major part of their time. As to the poaching, the number one 'company' that poached good IT people in the county was the feds. They tend to pay a lot more, and they too are generally critically understaffed.
Most IT people simply don't want to work for county/state/fed at the end of the day because pay isn't great, and for that not great pay there are a lot of restrictions.