I was reading an article in the Sunday edition of the Sacramento Bee that made me quite angry. No, that’s not right…I chose to be angry. Was it righteous anger? You be the judge. The story was about the fact that the federal government is fining the state government a little over a billion dollars (And more to come!) because the state of California hasn’t complied with a federal mandate to have child support data on a computer system that works to federal guidelines.
This fiasco started in 1988, when the federal government passed a law requiring all states to create such a database. As of this date, only 3 states have been unable to comply and California is one of the 3. Of course, the state used Lockheed Martin to build that first system in 1993. Who? And that system never worked and was abandoned before it was ever born; although I’m sure that Lockheed Martin was paid handsomely for their efforts.
The story goes on, detailing even more ludicrous attempts by the state to do something right…but the short story is that all has failed so far and the earliest date that IBM can come up with a working program is sometime in 2008.
Another short story…our government is fining our government over a billion dollars. We, the taxpayers have to pay that money. Why? Does any of that make sense to you? And where does the governor stand on this? It’s a billion dollars and we have heard very little from arnold. In the meantime, the fines and the waste continue. And that is why I choose to become angry.
http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/12556609p-13411717c.html
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