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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
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