How Dumb Policies Scare Tech Giants Away From Federal Projects

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"A study published in March found that that the reason why the U.S. government has sub-par IT programs is because leading commercial IT companies established in the U.S. aren't involved in government contracting. Either the government holds closed bidding, essentially stifling competition to its own disadvantage, or prospective companies are put off by the cost-prohibitive regulations associated with government acquisition given the low returns (less than 10% as compared to 20% or more in the commercial world). The dysfunction that results has been documented by the Government Accountability Office: of 15 Department of Defense IT projects studied, 11 had cost increases (one of which was by 2,333%), 13 had schedule slippages (one of which was by six years), and only three met system performance goals. If the U.S. wants to lead other governments in technical capabilities by tapping into the technology being developed within its own borders, then some say that instead of exemptions and workarounds such as was applied with Healthcare.gov, a complete rebuild of the whole acquisition program would need to be implemented."
 

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"A study published in March found that that the reason why the U.S. government has sub-par IT programs is because leading commercial IT companies established in the U.S. aren't involved in government contracting. Either the government holds closed bidding, essentially stifling competition to its own disadvantage, or prospective companies are put off by the cost-prohibitive regulations associated with government acquisition given the low returns (less than 10% as compared to 20% or more in the commercial world). The dysfunction that results has been documented by the Government Accountability Office: of 15 Department of Defense IT projects studied, 11 had cost increases (one of which was by 2,333%), 13 had schedule slippages (one of which was by six years), and only three met system performance goals. If the U.S. wants to lead other governments in technical capabilities by tapping into the technology being developed within its own borders, then some say that instead of exemptions and workarounds such as was applied with Healthcare.gov, a complete rebuild of the whole acquisition program would need to be implemented."

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I work in this industry and I can tell you this is bullshyt. You can't name one major IT service provider or general consulting firm that doesn't have a federal government practice.

Bain, BCG, Deloitte, Accenture, Boeing etc. all have a federal presence. Post the link if you can. I want to see where this came from.
 

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Tech giants depend on government funded research to come up with their new products.

Mariana Mazzucato: The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Private vs. Public Sector Myths - The Long Now

The iPhone, Mazzucato pointed out, is held up as a classic example of world-changing innovation coming from business.

Yet every feature of the iPhone was created, originally, by multi-decade government-funded research. From DARPA came the microchip, the Internet, the micro hard drive, the DRAM cache, and Siri. From the Department of Defense came GPS, cellular technology, signal compression, and parts of the liquid crystal display and multi-touch screen (joining funding from the CIA, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Energy, which, by the way, developed the lithium-ion battery.) CERN in Europe created the Web.

'The Entrepreneurial State': Apple Didn't Build Your iPhone; Your Taxes Did | Making Sen$e | PBS NewsHour

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I work in this industry and I can tell you this is bullshyt. You can't name one major IT service provider or general consulting firm that doesn't have a federal government practice.

Bain, BCG, Deloitte, Accenture, Boeing etc. all have a federal presence. Post the link if you can. I want to see where this came from.
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:what:

I work in this industry and I can tell you this is bullshyt. You can't name one major IT service provider or general consulting firm that doesn't have a federal government practice.

Bain, BCG, Deloitte, Accenture, Boeing etc. all have a federal presence. Post the link if you can. I want to see where this came from.
Hyper links are in the text.

:mjlol: @DEAD7 shows his ass again
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