President Obama Calls For IT Procurement Reform

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President Barack Obama called for an overhaul of the way the federal government purchases information technology in the wake of the troubled launch of the Healthcare.gov website.

“There are a whole range of things that we’re going to need to do once we get this fixed -- to talk about federal procurement when it comes to IT and how that’s organized,” President Obama said in remarks in Washington before members of Organizing for Action, a grassroots advocacy organization that grew out of his presidential campaign. President Obama said, “I personally have been frustrated with the problems around the website on health care. And it’s inexcusable.” Several observers of the Healthcare.gov implementation have said the ultimate problem is with the federal procurement system and the way contractors are selected for major projects.


President Obama Calls For IT Procurement Reform