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Cool. Now let's get the Library of Congress or NARA -- which are natural homes for this kind of thing -- to implement the public option free of profit-driven cr
by scroot 4y ago
Cool. Now let's get the Library of Congress or NARA -- which are natural homes for this kind of thing -- to implement the public option free of profit-driven cruft.
- bogwog 4y agoThat would actually be pretty cool. Too bad government software has a tendency to come out shitty and expensive.
- NateEag 4y agoIf the government committed to the project being OSS, they might be able to recruit some reasonably skilled programmers.
- scroot 4y agoIt's true in the main, but orgs like TTS (tts.gsa.gov) and 18F (18f.gsa.gov) are really changing things. Library of Congress also has a labs group.
- stjohnswarts 4y agoThat's mostly because the bar for entry is very low and the bid goes either 1) guaranteed company because of congressional lobbying or 2) the company bidding the lowest price who has even a -bit- of a change to complete it rather than companies with proven track records to produce at scale.