This page and those under it will be dedicated to a
discussion of government software projects and how our
politicians are foolishly wasting hundreds of millions - even
billions - of taxpayers' hard-earned dollars on foolish IT
projects that are either already failed or are almost
guaranteed to fail.
In many of the discussions, I am going to name names.
If the politicians involved don't like it, they're certainly
welcome to publicly challenge me on what I'm going to say
here. Go right ahead. Challenge me that I can't write - at
minimal cost and in a short time - the software I'm
describing and have it work well. The voters need to hear
what is going on with this incredible waste of their money
so they can make intelligent decisions in the next elections.
And I may be in California, but this foolishness spans a
number of states, including Colorado and Texas for starters.
To get a handle on just how much of your hard-earned
tax dollars are being literally thrown away on doomed IT
projects, start by reading two files linked to this page. Each
file holds an entire series of articles written for the Daily
Recorder, Sacramento, California. I also write a regular
monthly column for the Daily Recorder on computer
technology for courts and lawyers. The two series, which
are written about a failed project called CalWIN, are:
How Not To Buy Software and,
Public Officials & Taxpayer Dollars
The foolishness associated with such projects for
creating software to simply process welfare data is not,
however, limited to California. I encourage anyone who
reads these materials to pick up the phone and call the
people involved. Demand that they stop this incredible
waste of your money.
One upcoming IT project is SOMS (Strategic Offender
Management System) for the California Department Of
Corrections & Rehabilitation. Look at
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/News/2008_Press_Releases/June_
19.html to see another IT project disaster in the making.
This one may well bleed the California taxpayers of at least
$100 Million. Here we go again!
Under Construction!