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Thursday, June 09, 2016

Feds Took 8 Years To Develop USELESS $300M Software

Social Security Administration (SSA) officials spent $300 million over an eight-year period developing a new disability case processing software that is useless, according to the SSA Office of Inspector General (IG).

The SSA began in 2008 seeking out alternatives for processing disability cases more efficiently and cost-effectively by combining multiple case management systems into one. Eight years later, what little the agency has developed through contractors is so useless SSA might be better off sticking with its old management systems, the IG found.

“Since it conceived of a common case processing system in 2008, SSA has invested over $300 million in the DCPS (Disability Case Processing System) project – equivalent to the cost of maintaining the legacy systems for over nine years – for which it appears the agency will receive little benefit,” the IG said.

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1 comment:

lmclain said...

When it's not their money, they will do what anyone spending someone else's money does....spend like cray.
Hence, 19 (and approaching 20) TRILLION dollars in debt.
People in the private sector would be fired for losing that much money. Might even be prosecuted.
You or I go to prison.
They get "transferred", promoted and retire at $3500 a month.
Thats YOUR money! Doesn't it bother you at all?? Who is being held accountable for spending taxpayer money so stupidly? Answer? No one (except "we, the people".
Keep cheering.