" A $1.54-million contract for a new content management system, where all government websites would be moved, was awarded to Adobe in 2015."

If government officials thought that a project of that scale can be done for $1.54 million by a company size of Adobe, then clearly they were negligent in their duty.

It can be done by much smaller group of talented developers in couple years, but I'd imagine it would still cost at least double what Adobe quoted.