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Two issues came up during congressional testimony that I haven't seen discussed are (1) the constantly evolving requirements and (2) the lack of security. I don
by nhebb 13y ago
Two issues came up during congressional testimony that I haven't seen discussed are (1) the constantly evolving requirements and (2) the lack of security. I don't know whether the Oregon site has security issues, but the evolving requirements would likely affect both the federal and state sites. According to the testimony I heard, the 2400 page law resulted in tens of thousands of pages of regulations, which were still being codified up until September of this year and impacted site requirements. If this is true then it's little wonder the project failed.
BTW, as an Oregonian myself, I find it irritating that the site doesn't work but we are still being subjected to the truly awful Cover Oregon ads (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv2UUcXCo9g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv2UUcXCo9g).
- olefoo 13y agoI don't know I thought the one ad with the musician from Bandon, was kind of catchy; but it did seem like a poor use of public funds. The musician is Laura Gibson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv2UUcXCo9g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv2UUcXCo9g and the song is very hopeful. But, buying all that airtime and all those billboards... http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-21410-live_long_and_prosper.html http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-21410-live_long_and_pr... Definitely showed the risk of a marketing campaign too far in front of the product. Not to mention that a marketing campaign for something with so much pent up demand is kind of goofy.