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nadinbrzezinski

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11. And there is another aspect to this

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 02:25 PM

Oct 2013

Smaller companies have no clue how to navigate the system. So they are locked out even if they could do it far better. Of course we are not hiring the talent into the Federal Government either. It is a symptom, truly, of what ails us as a nation.

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The PRIVATE business that built the ACA website is: [View all] gopiscrap Oct 2013 OP

Recommend. nt Zorra Oct 2013 #1

And they were given a lot of contracts by Bushco malaise Oct 2013 #2

That's fucking crazy gopiscrap Oct 2013 #3

These businesses don't care who is in office nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #6

True - it is what we call in IT "build and bolt" Taverner Oct 2013 #8

Let me add that a crucial step has been omitted because of the shutdown Taverner Oct 2013 #9

And there is another aspect to this nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #11

If gov't doesn't have the talent in house, freedom fighter jh Oct 2013 #28

About forty years ago when that started nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #29

Company Behind Troubled Obamacare Website Donated Heavily To Republicans In 2012 malaise Oct 2013 #7

Not every company is an "Activist Company" (damn, I love that term!) Taverner Oct 2013 #10

Darrell gets the heavy donations from anybody and everybody since nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #12

Yes Ways and Means find many ways and means malaise Oct 2013 #13

Dan Ronkenkowsky (and I know I spelled it wrong) nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #14

LOL it's Rostenkowski malaise Oct 2013 #18

Lobbyists. My favorite part. Blanks Oct 2013 #23

Yep malaise Oct 2013 #24

Experian did also. nt Zorra Oct 2013 #16

Is this somehow supposed to exonerate the WH or just show a different flavor of Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #31

Huh? n/t malaise Oct 2013 #32

It seems a good deal of the thread is attemptng to say the administration Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #34

Read: Everything is about Obama. nt Zorra Oct 2013 #38

Wait - a Canadian company? Ruby the Liberal Oct 2013 #4

I've been annoyed that the job was given to a canadian Co. too. Auntie Bush Oct 2013 #20

Yes, all high volume web activity should be government-built Dreamer Tatum Oct 2013 #5

I wonder who is responsible for the decision to use that company. MoonRiver Oct 2013 #15

Fairly low level Federal employee nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #19

For such a huge and important undertaking, MoonRiver Oct 2013 #21

You would be surprised what levels nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #22

I wouldn't know, but now it's clear what the consequences are of those decisions. MoonRiver Oct 2013 #25

Well during the War (in a desert mind you) nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #26

It was a half-billion dollar website. This wasn't low-level. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #35

You shoudl also never turn software development over to 536 executive managers SamYeager Oct 2013 #17

Who cares how much it costs. Take it back and start over with a vetted American company judesedit Oct 2013 #27

agreed except don't privatize the thing gopiscrap Oct 2013 #30

I'm not sure what you are saying. Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #40

Truly disappointed that the administration did not see this as a key project and mazzarro Oct 2013 #33

If this was really a website built for private industry Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #36

How much $ did they walk away with? grahamhgreen Oct 2013 #37

I bet Google would have built it for free, Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #39