CDC website built by Deloitte at a cost of $44M is abandoned due to bugs
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CDC website built by Deloitte at a cost of $44M is abandoned due to bugs
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Re: CDC website built by Deloitte at a cost of $44M is abandoned due to bugs
#2> Why was Deloitte awarded the project on a no-bid basis? The contracts claim the company was the only “responsible source”[1] to build the tool.
Re: CDC website built by Deloitte at a cost of $44M is abandoned due to bugs
#3When will the people have enough?
When will the politicians hang?
Re: CDC website built by Deloitte at a cost of $44M is abandoned due to bugs
#4Why reinvent google forms?
Re: CDC website built by Deloitte at a cost of $44M is abandoned due to bugs
#5When will the people have enough? When will the politicians hang?
Why does it have to be so stupidly strident? Paying giant consultants to build websites is a money sink, sure. Do you think this website was something Congress spent a year deliberating? Or a day? Stop this nonsense.
Re: CDC website built by Deloitte at a cost of $44M is abandoned due to bugs
#6> Why was Deloitte awarded the project on a no-bid basis? The contracts claim the company was the only “responsible source”[1] to build the tool. [1]: https://www.acquisition.gov/far/6.302-1
Deloitte is a whole lot better manipulating and sweet talking the government than it is at building anything, that is for sure.
Surely their track record should see them permanently disqualified?
Re: CDC website built by Deloitte at a cost of $44M is abandoned due to bugs
#7> Why was Deloitte awarded the project on a no-bid basis? The contracts claim the company was the only “responsible source”[1] to build the tool. [1]: https://www.acquisition.gov/far/6.302-1
I think that usually comes down to the contract being so specifically tailored for a company that they're the only one who could possibly bid and meet the specs for it.
Re: CDC website built by Deloitte at a cost of $44M is abandoned due to bugs
#8When will the people have enough? When will the politicians hang?
Why does it have to be so stupidly strident? Paying giant consultants to build websites is a money sink, sure. Do you think this website was something Congress spent a year deliberating? Or a day? Stop this nonsense.
Oops, this comment will make things more clear: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25975218
They awarded the contract without even getting a bid from anyone else. That's $44 million dollars. That's multiple lifetimes of salaries for the average joe. And they couldn't spend some time deliberating?
Re: CDC website built by Deloitte at a cost of $44M is abandoned due to bugs
#9It’s also amazing to me how much a custom skin of Django Admin costs.
Has there been any research into what needs to happen to align government administrators incentives with the population? So much waste - why isn’t the government forcing Deloitte to fix?
I have no familiarity with government contracts, but as far as I know with Big Tech contracts they’re definitely written to favor the Big Tech company in these types of scenarios. The government should take a page from that playbook.
Re: CDC website built by Deloitte at a cost of $44M is abandoned due to bugs
#10Is that a lot for a website?