NSA should develope and release more open source software.
I will bet it is one of the DC consulting firms that do big business with the government. I would imagine they have a pitch going for NoSQL / Cloud and this is seen as a threat. There is quite a bit of money in integration with the government.
If you seriously want to be disgusted with the government, go look at how much is spent on consulting firms. Including, I kid you not, management firms that provide managers for projects inside the government. It gets worse when you realize that employees are supposed to do that stuff, but hire consultants to do the actual work.
Sounds like your beef is more with corruption than it is with government.
In fact, there are lobbyists who push for grid lock because it's in their clients best interests.
In fact, I'd say about 60 - 70% of all federal government IT services are out sourced. It's a revolving door really.. government cuts back, claims it's saving money. Bids out for IT services. And of course, the ex-federal employes who were laid off now work for the winning (bidder) company. Who return back to their old jobs at twice the price.
That's how messed up things are in DC. What.. did you think it was only the politicians? Everyone is playing the game in DC. Everyone.
Nope, it is the system. Funny how DC is still doing well in this economy.
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