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There are plenty more government IT projects for them to save next. The scale of these failures is mind-boggling, and Healthcare.gov wasn't nearly the worst. Here's one I just read about yesterday, might be good for their next project:

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2013/11/26/Another-Fa...

That's $1.1 billion lost, another $4 billion planned. I can't even imagine what I'd demand of a $4 billion piece of software.

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If you're interested in helping with this or any other government project, feel free to email jobs@hcgov.us or attend the talk mentioned elsewhere in the thread! There are lots of ways to get involved.

I can't find a reference for this, but I've heard that the IRS has attempted several multi-billion-dollar system overhauls, with no success.

It's fascinating how much of the world is run by decades-old software, with no serious hope of an upgrade.

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