[cjoh]

We did the best we could, and tried to help on it as much as the law would allow. And still do. But one cannot simply volunteer to help the government do things, as the federal advisory committee act prohibits government from accepting free advice or work (you can infer why).

Not sure what you mean about fundraising though, as we don't raise money (we have received a grant for our operations from the Knight Foundation, but aren't looking to raise any VC money).

[coops]

You must not have tried very hard. http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/31/oracle-red-hat-and-google-e... People are still flying out there to help with healthcare.gov, all the time.

[untog]

Yes, I'm sure the TechCrunch article you read makes you better qualified to judge than someone who was involved in the actual situation.

[cjoh]

Cool. Well, if you'd like to help out, let us know.

[mattdeboard]

Those big companies used their government contacts to land some big government contracts. The government reached out to industry as a PR move, throwing money at whoever promised they could fix the problem as soon as possible. There's no altruism here.

[coops]

sorry, no, you're all wrong. those employees are all taking unpaid leave to come work on healthcare.gov.