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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)
It’s surprisingly more common than one would imagine. Companies spend millions on their web “presence” like its 1999.
said Paul
at 3:39pm on Friday
You mean Recovery.GOV
said Alfonso
at 10:23pm on Friday
Indeed I do, Alfonso. Fixed.
said Joshua
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?
said Aaron
at 2:15pm on Saturday
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 ;)
said Mark
at 12:02am on Sunday
Holly …..WTF!!! Nice info…thanx.
said Oronno
at 9:12pm on Monday