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The Department of Defense Efforts to Buy and Maintain IT Systems Are Billions Over Budget and Delayed

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Submitted ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Pro@programming.dev⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.gao.gov/blog/dod-efforts-buy-and-maintain-it-systems-are-billions-over-budget-and-delayed

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  • bacon_pdp@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The cost of them not having the source code or the right to repair the shit they bought and paid for with our tax dollars.

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    • outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Also they fired all the trans women and furries. Everyone else who knows what they’re doing retired already.

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      • j0ester@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It’s DEI’s fault!

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  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’ve always wondered if the world’s major governments all have their own secret, bespoke operating systems for highly sensitive situations. Like, not Windows, Linux, macOS, BSD, or anything even remotely known to the public. But then you see high-ranking admin officials using bootleg Signal on an off-the-shelf phone or whatever.

    I’d assume the actual intelligence agencies are more sophisticated. I doubt they’re running some “hardened” version of Windows or Android or whatever. But maybe I’m being naive and they all are just working with vendors.

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    • bacon_pdp@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      My husband says it is not secret what they use. It is something called L4-SEC which has formal proofs of correctness

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      • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        We need the /s tag around here for even the mildest and most obvious jokes.

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  • Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Don’t worry, AI is going to make it all cheaper. /S

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  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Don’t worry, we’re bringing in a bunch of C-levels from AI companies and giving them Lt. Colonel rank so they can approve a “Move Fast And Break Things” approach to Pentagon IT investment.

    I predict “billions over budget” will look absolutely quaint in another five years.

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  • cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Sounds like the department of vulnerabilities.

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  • BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    But we’re ABOLISHING FEMA so we can Afford THIS instead!

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