For those following the FAFSA fiasco drama, the NY Times had a feature article on what went wrong. Similarities with the fiasco accompanying the rollout for the website for Obamacare were noted. When you scroll down, there seems to be a buried lede:
...Some Education Department officials privately complained that the contractor hired to build the new FAFSA platform was missing deadlines, according to two people familiar with the concerns. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. The company, General Dynamics Information Technology, was one of the contractors involved in the debacle of HealthCare.gov — an Obama-era online insurance marketplace that had a notoriously rough rollout in 2013.
A representative for General Dynamics Information Technology declined to comment, citing the company’s contract, which requires that it refer questions back to the Education Department...
Full story at https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/us/SAT-scores-uc-university-of-california.html.
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