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The thing that blows my mind, is you hear over and over again about Billions of dollars being spent on large software projects for the government that seem fair
by swalsh 13y ago
The thing that blows my mind, is you hear over and over again about Billions of dollars being spent on large software projects for the government that seem fairly simplistic that ultimately fail.
The NSA is accomplishing some pretty impressive things, what are they doing differently?
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoSpending tons of our money while being accountable only to themselves.
- mpyne 13y agoSpending tons of money didn't help when DoD was trying to field DIHMRS. The military still runs on an ancient COBOL-era payroll system because they can't successfully develop and field a replacement, despite some billions in wasted $$$.
- superuser2 13y agoHiring mathematicians and computer scientists instead of MBAs and public policy people. Probably also not having to follow government contracting rules (lowest bidder, preferring minorities and veterans) because who would have the authority to review their purchases?
- brewdad 13y agoSiphoning money away from "legitimate" projects leading to their ultimate "failure". It's just shell game accounting.