I think a democratically elected face for programmers would be a good thing. Right now there are major problems surrounding IT, while we are forced to work on

I think a democratically elected face for programmers would be a good thing. Right now there are major problems surrounding IT, while we are forced to work on marginalized things. Meanwhile foreign private contractors get the govt deal since they are the "cheapest". Remember healthcare.gov, how does a country with the best programmers make such blunders ?? It will be expensive to increase training, provide certifications for security and create a open industry around security. But cyber security is as much or more important than other forms of defence. The reason for myopia is because its not as cool. Imagine if some spy infiltrated and stole physical copy of all the records of Govt personnel ?? Can a price be put on it ?