some how I think the US DS is not resourced to do this sort of project it's not a simple website. All they could do is assuming they have enough senior resource from telecoms as project manage some one else doing it.
They were not resourced initially when they had the idea of tackling some of the government's most expensive and daunting challenges. Maybe what I am saying here is that, given their solid objective and passion of making a difference and turning things around, they could do the same to this project as well. They have processes in place which could help with selecting people and technology that could best resolve the job at hand and at the same time, cost less whilst maintaining a high degree of quality.