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I don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t hold it against the contractors that they had prior government experience. I don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t hold it against them that they lobby or contribute to campaigns.

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To me, the scandal is that there are 47 different organizations involved in building the site. I cannot imagine that any sane project executive would want it that way. I am just guessing, but it seems more likely to me that this many contractors were imposed on the project executive because there was a requirement to \u00e2\u0080\u009cspread the work out\u00e2\u0080\u009d to keep all these companies in the politicians\u00e2\u0080\u0099 pockets.

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In any case, if you are trying to fix something that was assembled by 47 different organizations\u00e2\u0080\u00a6.good luck with that.

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Remember this story any time you think government actors (at any level!) are somehow immune to bad management practices and skewed incentives. They are no smarter, and in aggregate often dumber, than non-government actors. Via Pinpoint the Scandal | askblog.

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