Is this for real?

[xj0hnx]

Searched for Recovery.com, didn't find anything

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090710_7638.php

Really? Government can't come up with something better than a website to spend almost 10 million dollars on? almost $20 million by 2014? I really liked this line...

"The problem is we haven't seen the contract," said Jerry Brito, co-creator of the unofficial recovery-tracking site, StimulusWatch.org and a senior research fellow at George Mason University's Mercatus Center who specializes in government transparency. "I've e-mailed the contract officers at GSA and have not heard back from them. We don't know what we're paying $9.5 million for. ... What is thing going to do? Is it going to make fries? Until we see the contract, you can't judge."

You, you can judge. It doesn't matter what it does, it's a fricking website.

 

[StageLeft]

Anyone who's done contract work for the government knows it's a cash-cow. In fact, my first company in the US I seem to recall referring to our government contract services as something very similar to that. You can bilk the fvck out of the government when doing this kind of stuff because it doesn't really care. Endless numbers of projects endlessly dragged out costing endless amounts of money. It's just how it is. A private company run like that would collapse because the competition would devour it immediately.

 

[quest55720]

That is classic big government. I still laugh at people who think out corrupt inept government can make health care cheaper.

 

[Billyzeke]

As long as the printers have ink money is no object!

 

[sandorski]

Depending on the Traffic and/or purpose of the site, that's probably not an unreasonable figure. Wouldn't be surprised if it's for X Amount of years either.

 

[alchemize]

Tracking the largest deficits since WW2 isn't easy you know!

 

[themusgrat]

It's x amount of dollars to create the website, to my knowledge, it has nothing to do with the ongoing costs. Don't try to blame this on anything other than a huge and oversized government. It's really not a big deal, there are billions and trillions of dollars that are getting us into trouble, who cares about a measly 10m.

 

[xj0hnx]

Originally posted by: themusgrat
It's x amount of dollars to create the website, to my knowledge, it has nothing to do with the ongoing costs. Don't try to blame this on anything other than a huge and oversized government. It's really not a big deal, there are billions and trillions of dollars that are getting us into trouble, who cares about a measly 10m.

Obvioulsy there's plenty of other areas the guberment is cooking us for, but seriously 9.5-18 million...for a website, which ironically is to show us how well they are doing in spending our money. I tihnk you kind of hit a note there with the "measely", there's nothing measely about ten million dollars, except when compared to other government expenditures.

 

[themusgrat]

Originally posted by: xj0hnx
....... there's nothing measely about ten million dollars, except when compared to other government expenditures.

Exactly, which is why this is largely irrelevant. But I'll concede that it's still a huge waste of America's money. Still, there are more worthwhile things to argue over.

 

[Genx87]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Anyone who's done contract work for the government knows it's a cash-cow. In fact, my first company in the US I seem to recall referring to our government contract services as something very similar to that. You can bilk the fvck out of the government when doing this kind of stuff because it doesn't really care. Endless numbers of projects endlessly dragged out costing endless amounts of money. It's just how it is. A private company run like that would collapse because the competition would devour it immediately.

I did contract work for the Federal Govt in the summer of 02. It opened my eyes to the level of waste in our govt. Required to purchase one way open ended tickets is just an example. Minneapolis to Las Vegas was 1430 bucks one way. Unable to purchase a regular fare ticket for 320 bucks.

 

[babylon5]

Why worry? Just print more money with US government issued printer in D.C.!

 

[soccerballtux]

Originally posted by: xj0hnx
Searched for Recovery.com, didn't find anything

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090710_7638.php

Really? Government can't come up with something better than a website to spend almost 10 million dollars on? almost $20 million by 2014? I really liked this line...

"The problem is we haven't seen the contract," said Jerry Brito, co-creator of the unofficial recovery-tracking site, StimulusWatch.org and a senior research fellow at George Mason University's Mercatus Center who specializes in government transparency. "I've e-mailed the contract officers at GSA and have not heard back from them. We don't know what we're paying $9.5 million for. ... What is thing going to do? Is it going to make fries? Until we see the contract, you can't judge."

You, you can judge. It doesn't matter what it does, it's a fricking website.

Stimulus, aka throwing money around. What did you expect?

 

[xj0hnx]

Originally posted by: themusgrat

Originally posted by: xj0hnx
....... there's nothing measely about ten million dollars, except when compared to other government expenditures.

Exactly, which is why this is largely irrelevant. But I'll concede that it's still a huge waste of America's money. Still, there are more worthwhile things to argue over.

I agree, but in my line of work, I see the nickel and dime stuff, and that's the stuff that really kills you. We'll have a guy come in wanting to buy a helicopter kit, cool, kits are about $400, but to get it flying, whoa boy, engine, servos, gyro, transmitter, fuel, fuel line, blades, receiver, battery for receiver, battery for starter, starter, starter extension, glow ignitor, and on, and on, pretty soon that $400 kit puts $1400 in the register. the litte things are just as worthy of scrutinizing as the big

 

[xj0hnx]

Originally posted by: soccerballtux

Stimulus, aka throwing money around. What did you expect?

Someone's getting stimulated, it ain't the taxpayer

 

[ericlp]

Look at all the jobs it's creating! I wonder if they are hiring? That would be an awesome job! You could type a few lines of code and say... Well, I need my 40 hour pay check for 5grand or something and just go home or tell em you'll be working from home! Even better!

 

[fisheerman]

Originally posted by: sandorski
Depending on the Traffic and/or purpose of the site, that's probably not an unreasonable figure. Wouldn't be surprised if it's for X Amount of years either.

This has to include the cost of databases, cost tracking, system hardware, support, etc over a number of years.

If it is just for the creation of the website to hit an existing database then the tax payers are getting shafted royally.........

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: fisheerman

Originally posted by: sandorski
Depending on the Traffic and/or purpose of the site, that's probably not an unreasonable figure. Wouldn't be surprised if it's for X Amount of years either.

This has to include the cost of databases, cost tracking, system hardware, support, etc over a number of years.

If it is just for the creation of the website to hit an existing database then the tax payers are getting shafted royally.........

Ya, I agree. Servers, other Hardware, the Internet Connection, Staff to maintain the Website/address Security Issues, Lease space. I can see the Cost getting up there.

 

[OutHouse]

lol i wish i was that guy who got the contract. 9 mil for a website bwhahahah my ass would be at the nearest Porsche dealer the second that contract was signed.

stimilus money hard at work.

 

[Rastus]

I'll do it for $6 mil.

 

[brandonbull]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: fisheerman

Originally posted by: sandorski
Depending on the Traffic and/or purpose of the site, that's probably not an unreasonable figure. Wouldn't be surprised if it's for X Amount of years either.

This has to include the cost of databases, cost tracking, system hardware, support, etc over a number of years.

If it is just for the creation of the website to hit an existing database then the tax payers are getting shafted royally.........

Ya, I agree. Servers, other Hardware, the Internet Connection, Staff to maintain the Website/address Security Issues, Lease space. I can see the Cost getting up there.

Depends on what it going to do? If it's not storing tons of data and has some awesome functionality, it's another pork project. $10M? Really?

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: brandonbull

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: fisheerman

Originally posted by: sandorski
Depending on the Traffic and/or purpose of the site, that's probably not an unreasonable figure. Wouldn't be surprised if it's for X Amount of years either.

This has to include the cost of databases, cost tracking, system hardware, support, etc over a number of years.

If it is just for the creation of the website to hit an existing database then the tax payers are getting shafted royally.........

Ya, I agree. Servers, other Hardware, the Internet Connection, Staff to maintain the Website/address Security Issues, Lease space. I can see the Cost getting up there.

Depends on what it going to do? If it's not storing tons of data and has some awesome functionality, it's another pork project. $10M? Really?

Not sure what you're trying to say. :Q