I find the article very interesting, especially the comment byt the Senate concerning "milking the cow."
I have spoken to one friend who was on this project in a small way and I do not mean to impy all contractors are guilty of this, but she said she found herself filling out a time sheet but never having been assigned to do anything or assigned trivial tasks of no consequence.
It would not be the first time a government contractor filled a position to suckle form the government teat without ever providing any substantive return.
I might be finding myself in a similar circumstance as I have responded to a job interview invitation from a recruiter who provided me with a job description with a reference to MUMPS in the job title but nowhere else. And since the use of the acronym MUMPS has fallen out of vogue recently I find it even more alarming its replacement (cache object script) is also missing.
I am used to seeing these job descriptions containing the usual buzzwords like VistA, FileMan, or the names of Vista Applications like Lab
The JD reads like a description of an SQL super 'report writer' on steroids with an emphasis on Business Intelligence apps, data warehouse and cloud interfacing expertise.
I have NONE of those skills.
Why in the heck would they even wish to talk with me?
Just sounds very suspicious to me!!
Take care
Tim