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Most of the things the government "produces" are not produced by the government. They're sent out for bidding by private companies - roads, guns, websites, what
by caseysoftware 10y ago
Most of the things the government "produces" are not produced by the government. They're sent out for bidding by private companies - roads, guns, websites, whatever - and the government is in charge of oversight.
And the fact that they've been proven incapable at oversight and management should figure into the planning.
- emodendroket 10y agoBut what makes you so sure the government wouldn't do better taking it in-house? And even if we throw out that possibility, we're talking about implementing off-the-shelf software here, no producing custom software.
- caseysoftware 10y agoGreat point! And since - as described - it's all open source, there doesn't even need to be Federal oversight or management. If the only thing standing between now and doing it is the will and tech support, that's an easy problem to solve.