White House launches “U.S. Digital Service,” with HealthCare.gov fixer at helm

Re:White House launches “U.S. Digital Service,” with HealthC... by forgotAgain on Monday August 11, 2014 @05:47PM (#8165505)

I don't see it as a technical problem so I don't see technical chops, as impressive as they are, as a solution.

The problem is one of governance. Unless this new group can cancel contracts and ban organizations from participating in future projects I see very little reason to think they will succeed.

They can suggest all they want but if they can't cold stone stop an agency from entering an agreement then they can't change existing behaviors.

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Re:White House launches “U.S. Digital Service,” with HealthC... by mdickers47 on Monday August 11, 2014 @11:37PM (#8166474)

You might like to read about the powers of OMB (Office of Management and Budget):

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/organization_mission/

It is not obvious unless you spend your time memorizing government org charts, but US Digital Service is part of OMB.

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Re:White House launches “U.S. Digital Service,” with HealthC... by Roboprog on Tuesday August 12, 2014 @11:20AM (#8168110)

I can't think of somebody I would rather ban than Oracle. Every time I use a web app with the Oracle logo at the top I have to cringe at what a clusterbomb the user experience is going to be.

They seem to go out of their way to make UI nightmares. That, and I'm thinking of how they had one or two recent high profile failures in California.

Next up: I'll probably hear from their lawyer :-)

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