It’s surprisingly more common than one would imagine. Companies spend millions on their web “presence” like its 1999.
You mean Recovery.GOV
Indeed I do, Alfonso. Fixed.
Shouldn’t we talk about what the site does. We’re all professionals here, maybe there is that much work going into it? I’d like to know what it’s actually doing before I scream at it. Which one of us would yell at a redesign and rebuilding of Amazon.com for $9.5 million?
What Aaron said. Maybe all this data is tied up in weirdo formats, which first have to be converted into saner formats, which then have to be checked & double-checked, cos if the data is off, the opposition would have a field day tearing it to pieces.
Besides, just imagine the crap we’d been given if the last administration had given someone the same task ;)
Holly …..WTF!!! Nice info…thanx.
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The $10 Million Government Website
Fri 07/24/09
According to this article, an IT firm was just awarded the six-month contract to rebuild the government stimulus spending transparency site Recovery.gov for $9.5 million. The irony is so thick, it’s almost easy to forget that HOLY CRAP GUYS DID YOU READ THAT? WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A $10 MILLION DOLLAR WEBSITE. (via 37signals)