According to one specialist, the Web site contains about 500 million lines of software code.
One specialist said that as many as five million lines of software code may need to be rewritten before the Web site runs properly.
Oh, so only 1%!
Tangentially, why are so few quotes in this article sourced? I see no reason why they shouldn't be. It's all throughout the article... They keep quoting "specialists."
In something this loaded with politics, I wouldn't imagine anyone involved would think it a good career move to have their names attached to bad news quoted in the press?
The only people I've seen willing to go on the record have been:
"Stan Z. Soloway, president and CEO of the trade association that represents hundreds of government service companies" who parsed the contracts and independently confirmed that there's no prime integrator (i.e. the HHS CMMS is doing/failing that job, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6569042).
One or more big insurance company CEOs; they're the ones who have to deal with the gubble the backend is delivering to them.
Various mostly bloviating politicians like John McCain.
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Oh, so only 1%!
Tangentially, why are so few quotes in this article sourced? I see no reason why they shouldn't be. It's all throughout the article... They keep quoting "specialists."
Perhaps because people working on the project would be fired for talking to the press?
You know, "war on whistle-blowers" and all.
In something this loaded with politics, I wouldn't imagine anyone involved would think it a good career move to have their names attached to bad news quoted in the press?
The only people I've seen willing to go on the record have been:
"Stan Z. Soloway, president and CEO of the trade association that represents hundreds of government service companies" who parsed the contracts and independently confirmed that there's no prime integrator (i.e. the HHS CMMS is doing/failing that job, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6569042).
One or more big insurance company CEOs; they're the ones who have to deal with the gubble the backend is delivering to them.
Various mostly bloviating politicians like John McCain.
Even yesterday's HHS blog posting (http://www.hhs.gov/digitalstrategy/blog/2013/10/making-healt...) is unsigned.