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Obamacare downtime because of poor coding (swampland.time.com)
5 points by ldn_tech_exec1 4620 days ago
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"“We have worked with the insures and the ‘alpha teams’ we jointly established made up of insurers’ technology experts and CMS technology experts, to iron out the kinks,” said Press Secretary Jay Carney in an emailed statement...."

Anyone out there ever heard of "alpha teams" in this context?

They've been using this term, as well as "A-team" to describe the best people the various agencies/contractors have.