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With these considerations taken we can apply the same problems to people in industrial scale manufacturing that have typically managed many organizations that are now in charge of software projects. Then comes no real effective incentive structure with how most federal contracts are written despite billions spent on lawyers to protect the government and to get the most for the government's dollars supposedly. I've seen far too many projects with clearly the most talented and well-managed contractors getting tossed for actually finishing their deliverables while those that didn't get through 40%+ got renewed because they were just too critical to the political success of the greater project. And they'll continue to cite the project as past performance and renewal as an indicator of competence.

The fact there's so much opposition to USDS and 18F that's greater than any other group ever is the best indicator that the fat, bloated Beltway bandits are worried about their easy road to retirement. This isn't to say everyone's lazy - far from it. But government contracting has been largely insulated from the realities of most commercial enterprises through the politicized veil of "protecting veterans" and "defending the country" and for every legitimate, honest worker there's at least two that just want a cushy 9-5 for 35 years.