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For all their hand-wringing over the healthcare.gov debacle you'd think at least one of these DoBT guys would have gone in to help fix it. That probably would h
by coops 13y ago
For all their hand-wringing over the healthcare.gov debacle you'd think at least one of these DoBT guys would have gone in to help fix it. That probably would have gotten in the way of fund-raising, though.
- cjoh 13y agoWe did the best we could, and tried to help on it as much as the law would allow. And still do. But one cannot simply volunteer to help the government do things, as the federal advisory committee act prohibits government from accepting free advice or work (you can infer why). Not sure what you mean about fundraising though, as we don't raise money (we have received a grant for our operations from the Knight Foundation, but aren't looking to raise any VC money).
- coops 13y agoYou must not have tried very hard. http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/31/oracle-red-hat-and-google-employees-pitch-in-to-fix-beleaguered-healthcare-gov-reports-indicate/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/31/oracle-red-hat-and-google-e... People are still flying out there to help with healthcare.gov, all the time.
- cjoh 13y agoCool. Well, if you'd like to help out, let us know.
- untog 13y agoYes, I'm sure the TechCrunch article you read makes you better qualified to judge than someone who was involved in the actual situation.
- mattdeboard 13y agoThose big companies used their government contacts to land some big government contracts. The government reached out to industry as a PR move, throwing money at whoever promised they could fix the problem as soon as possible. There's no altruism here.
- coops 13y agosorry, no, you're all wrong. those employees are all taking unpaid leave to come work on healthcare.gov.