I'm currently observing a government department that is in the process of attempting to put a little web portal on their mainframe, an approach that's adding se

I'm currently observing a government department that is in the process of attempting to put a little web portal on their mainframe, an approach that's adding seven figures (at least) to the bill. That's the way they do things in the government. Choose the most cumbersome, inefficient, insecure and technologically arcane approach and run with it.