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Government Code Collaborative Falls Short

Posted by michael on from the unclear-on-the-concept dept.

Tom Adelstein writes "This story starts off singing the praises of the Government Open Code Collaborative, then reminds the reader: you discover that it has built one more bureaucracy to oversee its existing bureaucracy, with oversight over the new bureaucracy. Have you ever heard the cliche about prisoners running the asylum? Well, this gated and restrictive open-source government repository fits."

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  1. Hmmm.. by modifried · · Score: 2, Funny

    GOCC also stands for Great Ohio Coaster Club. Coincidence? I think not. Someone's taking us for a ride.

    1. Re:Hmmm.. by revolvement · · Score: 1, Funny

      The 'software' I looked at had bits in the blurbs about "To be released Summer 2004" and "Available September 2004". Now, tell me if my clock is wrong, but aren't they like 3 months behind there?

      Are you new to bureaucracy?

  2. Is it me, or... by Sein · · Score: 4, Funny

    did we just Slashdot a government site?

  3. Hm by alset_tech · · Score: 2, Funny
    Am I the only one who looked at this and thought,

    "Well, this gated and restrictive open-source government suppository fits."

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    Standing on the shoulders of giants.