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We have seen issues with those in government not wanting to do what is best overall and instead think they can do better themselves. Oregon has many great exam

We have seen issues with those in government not wanting to do what is best overall and instead think they can do better themselves. Oregon has many great examples of that...the biggest being the Cover Oregon mishap. Hundreds of millions were spent to setup their own Obamacare website instead of using the Feds...and it was completely mishandled. Months late, over budget, missing information, not able to process the volume needed...and at the end of the day they just pointed the finger at Oracle...despite tons of documents provided that showed poor oversight by the government. After multiple lawsuits Oregon got $100M back of the $240M they paid...but that's was a stupid number of dollars to be spent in the first place providing a place that ultimately targeted just a few hundred thousand people (at most...for 2022 it was 147K). You can research their COVID unemployment debacle as another fumble in administrative capacity.

alfalfasprout 4y ago
The same could be said about healthcare.gov in the first place though. The reality is most user-facing government software is horribly designed. This problem isn't unique to software actually, it boils down to how government contracting works and how even after someone gets the contract it's very much requirements driven with little room for flexibility and A LOT of overhead.
rootusrootus 4y ago
> the Cover Oregon mishap This should be a strong counterargument, at least in Oregon, any time some schmuck says something dumb like "Ya don't get fired for choosing Oracle." It should, in fact, be grounds for immediate termination. Cisco, too.