Overhauling the bureau's outdated computer systems, the official said, is like "changing the wheels on a car that is driving 70 miles an hour".
He jump-started the process of updating many of the I.R.S.'s outdated computer systems — some of which rely on the same types of data tapes that were in use half a century ago — and pushed through more rigorous training and standards for paid tax preparers.
But there may be a simpler, less expensive solution to the F.B.I.'s outdated computer system.
"From the bullet hole in the wall above the child playing on his outdated computer in a middle-class home, to the couple having dinner sipping Coca-Cola smuggled in from Egypt, the situation in Gaza — the war, the blockade, Hamas — touches everyone," she said.
Mr. Mueller sought to defend his own reorganization of the F.B.I. as senators questioned him about specifics, such as how the bureau will upgrade its outdated computer system.
These schools outside Bangkok still have very limited access to the Internet and are using outdated computer systems.
The faces of the animated figures are contorted, and look like Braque paintings, but the way they move through the frame seem slow, as if the film is running off an outdated computer drive.
Officials also say that operations throughout the agency have been plagued by outdated computer technology, and, until last year, by professional pay scales that significantly lagged behind other financial regulatory agencies, leading to defections from the S.E.C.
The current process is made inefficient, they say, by an outdated computer matching program, stifling government oversight, the overreliance by doctors on inconclusive tests and even federal laws against age discrimination.
