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Although we are part of the government, we operate as a business unit that must pay for itself to exist. To do this, we have to charge other agencies for our se
by eddietejeda 7y ago
Although we are part of the government, we operate as a business unit that must pay for itself to exist. To do this, we have to charge other agencies for our services. My group is "cost-recoverable," meaning, that we are longer losing money and can reinvest back into the product. You will notice our Github activity picked up recently and even more significant changes are coming soon. So, I'd say we are in the best shape we've ever been.
- bredren 7y agoCan you comment on what organizations are your biggest customers? Are you concerned about austerity measures / cutbacks affecting customer budgets?
- freehunter 7y ago>Are you concerned about austerity measures / cutbacks affecting customer budgets? Isn't every business or organization concerned about various economic forces affecting their customer budgets?
- bredren 7y agoYes, I meant to imply but I meant specifically in light of the current presidential administration and its posture toward government spending.
- User23 7y agoThe current administration is running a trillion dollar annual deficit. How much more should the public sector be spending?
- User23 7y agoThe ones that have congressional appropriations funding them aren’t.
- adamstac 7y agoEddie is this something you think would be interesting to talk about on The Changelog ~> https://changelog.com/podcast https://changelog.com/podcast We've talked about 18F with Hillary Hartley and Aidan Feldman in the past here ~> https://changelog.com/podcast/230 https://changelog.com/podcast/230 Get in touch at editors@changelog.com if you're interested!