> "At a time when federal departments were cutting budgets, it was funded under a model that envisioned it would earn back more money than it cost to run" I wo

> "At a time when federal departments were cutting budgets, it was funded under a model that envisioned it would earn back more money than it cost to run" I would have interpreted this as meaning "would make net savings by being cheaper than projects outsourced by federal departments", not "would make a net financial gain". The latter seems highly unrealistic. I assume they're producing value for the government for the $32 million "loss" quoted.