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Re:Canada to Scrap IBM Payroll Plan Gone Awry Costing $1B by BoorishBears on Thursday March 01, 2018 @02:17PM (#16495190)
I remember thinking “Why does this simple state Jury Duty site need to be down from 9PM to 9AM”

“I could write a site that did this job with 99.9% reliability in a weekend”

Turns out disability laws require a real person be available to assist with the site. Imagine bidding on a website project and accidentally promising 24/7 live support.

That’s government tech in a nutshell.

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