> So I just don't see any way this kind of work is going to get done and not kinda suck. CodeForAmerica has identified the core problems with US project procur

> So I just don't see any way this kind of work is going to get done and not kinda suck. CodeForAmerica has identified the core problems with US project procurement: waterfall projects where all of the detailed requirements are defined before the contract and the programming experts (designers and developers) get involved. The person writing the contract frequently has no idea how the best tech companies organize projects. Also, they frequently pay contracts by hours worked, not by project outcomes. CFA will coordinate with government departments to put developers+designers in a place to prototype+build a better mousetrap. The problem is that legislators and departments resist giving that autonomy to the developers+designers, so the people developing requirements are just ticking off checkboxes, not actually building an optimal feature for the end-user.