Virginia Signs eGovernment Portal Contract Extension with NIC; Virginia Interactive to Manage the Commonwealth's eGovernment Web Portal Until 2012
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Ok. Let me see if I have this straight. VITA signed a deal with NG to handle IT, the Canadians at CGI to handle software, and CAI to handle staffing. So what are we paying NIC $30 million over 6 years to do? Make sure links get underlined? Does anyone see a problem here?
i was under the impression that ng would be taking over the homepage and things like that when they opened their doors in 2007?
it looks like every aspect of it in virginia is now hostage to private business.
has launched more than 100 online government services during the last eight years, including hunting and fishing licenses, legal plan sellers' registration, unemployment claims, and voter registration verification
Kind of sounds like they did this single-handedly doesn't it? I thought the agencies offered these services and Virginia.gov just had links to them. Am I missing something?
Why is VITA paying $30 million for maintenance of virginia.gov? Don't they have web developers that maintain the VITA's own site? I wouldn't think the Viginia.gov site would be more difficult than VITA's own... Maybe the $30 million is for the google search or services?
I don't get it....
Maybe there's a contract the public could view that could spell out exactly what we're paying for?
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I wouldn't think the Viginia.gov site would be more difficult than VITA's own.
should be wouldn't be more difficult...
Google search doesn't cost anywhere NEAR $30 million. Other states pay their vendors closer to $1 million a year, or less. And this $30 million doesn't include charges to agencies for design, programming, hosting, and other services.
But then again, it's just money. Why not give it to your golf buddies?
There's an interesting article about how outsourcing doesn't save nearly as much as once thought. The 60% savings often cited is closer to 15%.
Makes you wonder how much savings the state is really getting by outsourcing every last element of IT.
I don't see how outsourcing the Virginia.gov site is saving ANY money. $30 million for 6 years? They can't hire a web developer and maintain a server for less than $5 million a year? Something is just wrong with that...
Honestly, does anyone know if the contract for services with NIC is open to the public? I'd love to see what we're paying for...
Good luck with that. :)
I invited the new SOTECH to comment. No word yet...
Maybe His Excellency CIO Stewart could step up to the plate if Honorable Mr. Chopra doesn't see fit to answer. Come on guys, one of you has to have a copy of the contract. It's a simple request really...
Maybe this is just one more secret VITA deal the public doesn't need to know about?
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