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Outgoing Federal CIO Warns of 'IT Cartel' In DC

Posted by Soulskill on from the interweb-industrial-complex dept.

CWmike writes "In a wide-ranging discussion Friday with President Barack Obama's top science advisors, Federal CIO Vivek Kundra warned of the dangers of open data access and was sharply critical of government IT contracting, telling the committee: '...We almost have an IT cartel within federal IT' made up of very few companies that benefit from government spending 'because they understand the procurement process better than anyone else.' He added: 'It's not because they provide better technology.'"

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  1. Re:And this applies exclusively to IT. by h4rr4r · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If he sees problems there, hell yes.
    This whole BS MBA compartmentalized mentality is killing America.

  2. Re:How can you take him seriously? by Amouth · · Score: 4, Interesting

    explain to me why we need that much overlap? i understand the different roles that each branch fills.. but there is zero reason why each of them can't use the same data center.

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  3. Re:And this applies exclusively to IT. by tiedyejeremy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    as a defense contractor, I can assure you this is status quo for all government contracting. it has nothing to do with price, quality or delivery, but everything to do with the procurement process.

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