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Contracting seems to be a big part of it. The justification for contracting these kinds of jobs out rather than just doing them in-house is that private-sector
by _delirium 11y ago
Contracting seems to be a big part of it. The justification for contracting these kinds of jobs out rather than just doing them in-house is that private-sector competition through a bidding process will lower costs, ultimately making the government more efficient. But in many cases I wonder if it wouldn't be cheaper to just hire some in-house developers, rather than bleeding all this money to the likes of IBM, Oracle, etc.
- Symbiote 11y agoThe point is totally to make it more expensive for the taxpayer, so long as the right outsourcing companies get the contracts. An in-house development team would know the domain, the managers would be much closer to the business and have more authority to make day-to-day decisions. Plus, if the developers are permanent staff, they're aware that they will be responsible for the system once it's live. That's much better for everyone, except the politician, whose wife has shares in IBM.