Serious question... where does all that money go? Are a few people personally making many millions off this deal? Or are there really hundreds or thousands of employees working on it? Or is it getting subcontracted out many times with each layer taking a slice?
I'd imagine it's a gravy train gig all around. The payoff can be very large, but the government makes you jump through all manner of hoops at every stage of the way. I've actually done government work at the state level (ironically working on healthcare systems) and it's crazy how difficult it is to get anything accomplished.
To start with the proposal process is extremely intense and only a small number of companies have the resources to even apply for a project like this. The system I worked on was more simple than this and our proposal documentation was hundreds of pages.
With this being such a hot political issue, I can't even imagine the politics going on behind the scenes on top of any technical challenges. The number of meetings and reviews was probably astronomical.
I have no doubt that some principles at CGI are making huge profits off of projects like these, but it's not totally free money as it might seem.
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Serious question... where does all that money go? Are a few people personally making many millions off this deal? Or are there really hundreds or thousands of employees working on it? Or is it getting subcontracted out many times with each layer taking a slice?
I'd imagine it's a gravy train gig all around. The payoff can be very large, but the government makes you jump through all manner of hoops at every stage of the way. I've actually done government work at the state level (ironically working on healthcare systems) and it's crazy how difficult it is to get anything accomplished.
To start with the proposal process is extremely intense and only a small number of companies have the resources to even apply for a project like this. The system I worked on was more simple than this and our proposal documentation was hundreds of pages.
With this being such a hot political issue, I can't even imagine the politics going on behind the scenes on top of any technical challenges. The number of meetings and reviews was probably astronomical.
I have no doubt that some principles at CGI are making huge profits off of projects like these, but it's not totally free money as it might seem.