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Thursday, July 9, 2009

$18M to Redesign a Web Site which gives taxpayers information on where their money is going?

ABC News’ Rick Klein: For those concerned about stimulus spending, the General Services Administration sends word tonight that $18 million in additional funds are being spent to redesign the Recovery.gov Web site.

July 08, 2009 9:50 PM
The new Web site promises to give taxpayers more information about where their money is going than the current version of the site.
“Recovery.gov 2.0 will use innovative and interactive technologies to help taxpayers see where their dollars are being spent,” James A. Williams, commissioner of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, says in a press release announcing the contract awarded to Maryland-based Smartronix Inc. “Armed with easy access to this information, taxpayers can make government more accountable for its decisions.”
The contract calls for spending $9.5 million through January, and as much as $18 million through 2014, according to the GSA press release. (continues...)

2 comments:

Puma-Sf said...

Yeah, I saw this earlier and it is an effing joke. What is wrong with these people?

Amarissa said...

It is crazy! They have no idea how stupid they sound!