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Re:Baltimore police will pay consultant $176k to maintain Lo... by wmf on Thursday August 09, 2018 @02:41PM (#17727150)
The problem is that Baltimore PD apparently thinks custom enterprise IT is something you should be able to buy at the Apple store. They're going to be in for a really rude awakening one day. Maybe we can send 18F over there to do some pro bono work.
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Re:Baltimore police will pay consultant $176k to maintain Lo... by pc86 on Thursday August 09, 2018 @02:53PM (#17727282)
It's not pro bono if your salary is taxpayer-paid.
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Re:Baltimore police will pay consultant $176k to maintain Lo... by tvanantwerp on Thursday August 09, 2018 @07:55PM (#17729582)
I think 18F only really works at the Federal levels (please correct me if I'm mistaken). But there might be some Code for American fellowship people who could be embedded with the city.
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Re:Baltimore police will pay consultant $176k to maintain Lo... by stcredzero on Thursday August 09, 2018 @02:49PM (#17727232)
18F?
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Re:Baltimore police will pay consultant $176k to maintain Lo... by yurishimo on Thursday August 09, 2018 @02:53PM (#17727287)
I think they are talking about this: https://18f.gsa.gov/

I believe they are the team that turned around the Obamacare website in record time after it was on track to crash and burn.

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Re:Baltimore police will pay consultant $176k to maintain Lo... by toomuchtodo on Thursday August 09, 2018 @03:55PM (#17727905)
Both 18F and USDS (US Digital Service).
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