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From a technical perspective where only informed and good actors are involved, I suspect many of us could code up a working website in less than an hour. But if
by riazrizvi 7y ago
From a technical perspective where only informed and good actors are involved, I suspect many of us could code up a working website in less than an hour. But if you look at the issues reported on at the Des Moines Register [1] it seems the job was about creating a reporting system in an environment where people are actively trying to disrupt the system, possibly some of the reporters themselves cannot be trusted. I think you'd need to sit through a few meetings with the right people before you'd even understand what was required. You've got to find tech/security people from previous campaigns to understand what the dirty tricks are that people use to f with the results for example.
[1] https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2020/02/03/election-2020-iowa-caucus-problems/4618371002/ https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presi...
- derision 7y agoSounds like you'd want DHS to review it then
- saber6 7y agoDoes anyone think DHS has the expertise on hand to review source code (and would it be cart blanche style)? When I think of DHS I think more of physical security measures. NSA is whom I think of when it comes to defensive cybersecurity measures.
- Stranger43 7y agoThey likely have a standby contract with someone like Accenture or Deloite for this kind of work. The reason for putting this under the DHS rather then just outsourcing it directly is that the DHS have some kind of credible neutrality where as nobody trusts the DNC to not censor/rewrite any report they publish on their own.
- sdinsn 7y agoDHS has a Science and Technology Directorate.
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