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Imagine what this community could build with more than half a billion dollars!

• arbuge 13y ago
  It is easy to see that. What's needed is somebody to shake up the whole government contract procurement system. A gigantic schlep right there...
  • smoyer 13y ago
    Very true ... how do you fit that into the 3 months before demo day? I'm seeing a system that contains a complete list of government contractors/sub-contractors (this actually exists today). For each company, a list of verified skills (a proven track record) would allow a procurement agent to narrow the field, and a reputation system that let's the cream rise to the top. I'm not sure it would be feasible to track the employees that make up a company as that's pretty fluid (on the time-scale of government contracts), but in the software field, you could (for instance) sum the reputation of the company's developers stack-overflow profiles. Obviously, a lot more thought is required!
• anarchitect 13y ago
  Take a look at what the GDS is doing here in the UK. * hire really smart people with up-to-date views on technology [1] * build on, and release new open source [2] [1] https://www.gov.uk/designprinciples https://www.gov.uk/designprinciples [2] https://github.com/alphagov https://github.com/alphagov
  • quickpost 13y ago
    That is really cool. Thanks for posting.
• pyre 13y ago
  Half of an Instagram!