Captain Obvious
10-24-2013, 12:45 PM
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/10/23/240247394/the-obamacare-tech-mess-its-a-familiar-government-story
By this point, it's all but a universally acknowledged truth that the launch of the HealthCare.gov website has been a failure.
That's bad news for President Obama and his health care law. But it's not exceptional when it comes to big government software programs and platforms.
Earlier this year, California ended a contract to modernize its payroll system, an effort that had eaten up 10 years and $250 million and . Colorado has had a number of high-profile embarrassments when upgrades to its revenue systems caused residents tax refund and car title problems, while Florida legislators last year to unify the state's email systems
http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2013/10/23/ap63460087062-8e31a0875fdd3a223001b0af4422d4403d18761a-s3-c85.jpg
By this point, it's all but a universally acknowledged truth that the launch of the HealthCare.gov website has been a failure.
That's bad news for President Obama and his health care law. But it's not exceptional when it comes to big government software programs and platforms.
Earlier this year, California ended a contract to modernize its payroll system, an effort that had eaten up 10 years and $250 million and . Colorado has had a number of high-profile embarrassments when upgrades to its revenue systems caused residents tax refund and car title problems, while Florida legislators last year to unify the state's email systems
http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2013/10/23/ap63460087062-8e31a0875fdd3a223001b0af4422d4403d18761a-s3-c85.jpg