It happened because the time line was set to be in place 3 months before the hard implementation of the law. It happened because certain subversive groups intermittently shut down the government and prevented essential work to be done on time (furloughs, etc) while the law did not allow for silly and childish delays.
Well, let me see if I can find some obscure articles from some remote news organizations regarding funding and changes to The Affordable Healthcare Act in 2013.
I know these sources probably aren’t on your radar, but you have my word that each and every one of them is a legitimate and accredited news organization. And, if its more your style, even Pravda chimed in.
I’m not sure how a bright and management-focused poster like yourself could have missed them, but rest assured, it was publicized. Go figure.
Yeah, but one good frost & your head will be stuck down there til Spring.
This comment actually made me stop and think. I can deal with poor decisions and even immoral behavior as long as the plan is well-executed. I can’t tolerate complete incompetence on the part of the U.S. government. The big difference is that Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay may have room for debate on their morals but they were based on well executed plans that worked.
However, not all of your examples fit in that model. The response to Hurricane Katrina courtesy of Bush Jr. was even worse because I am from Louisiana and I was even harder on him about that abysmal performance from a chief executive. This example fits in the same mold and I will be hard on any President whether it is Democrat, Republican or otherwise who cannot execute plans that private companies do every day for much less cost and without the drama.
BTW, this isn’t about a simple website. I wish people would understand that. That is just a end-user browser window and the end result of a much larger failure. The entire plan and the infrastructure to support it is ill-designed and will not work as advertised for some time if ever. Emergency remediation to a project of this size are not easy and unacceptable because there are people that could have gotten almost all of it right the first time because it is a solved problem in the industry.
I cannot stand to see the U.S. have the same poor level of plan execution as say, Italy which is what we are dealing with now except the size and stakes are much higher. Somehow, we can find well-trained military officers, chief scientists, NFL coaches and corporate project managers that can execute anything you can imagine yet our highest level politicians couldn’t manage a small retail store let alone a whole country.
You do understand that the question is whether the development of the website was adequately funded? And that this went live (for certain values of “live”) on the same day the shutdown began?
