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Comments on: The Incompetence is Painful https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/05/16/the-incompetence-is-painful/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Sat, 17 May 2008 00:16:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/05/16/the-incompetence-is-painful/comment-page-1/#comment-36422 Sat, 17 May 2008 00:16:52 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4187#comment-36422 Psyops – everything with these people is agitprop – tell people they are going to get money so they’ll keep spending in anticipation of something that may never occur. Not much different than the lottery – you too can be a millionaire.

]]> By: distributorcap https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/05/16/the-incompetence-is-painful/comment-page-1/#comment-36421 Fri, 16 May 2008 22:34:48 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4187#comment-36421 but they were able to spend $42 million for letters letting people know they MIGHT be getting a refund….

]]> By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/05/16/the-incompetence-is-painful/comment-page-1/#comment-36420 Fri, 16 May 2008 22:33:01 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4187#comment-36420 Which won’t happen as long as they use outside contractors instead of their own IT department. The programs probably do exactly what the contract specified, which has not been what was needed since governments at all levels started laying off their in-house IT staff and depending on contractors.

A bad contract specification always produces a bad computer system.

]]> By: Michael https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/05/16/the-incompetence-is-painful/comment-page-1/#comment-36417 Fri, 16 May 2008 18:00:18 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4187#comment-36417 Government computers should be open source and auditable.

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