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BumRushDaShow

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8. Exactly

Reply to getagrip_already (Reply #5)

Fri Apr 11, 2025, 10:27 AM

Apr 11

I know in my agency, ever since they began migrating out of the Vax/VMS world and moving to Oracle, etc, they started wholesale contracting out management of the big data systems (hardware and software), and that started in the early '90s. The "Certified Oracle DBA" used to be as ubiquitous a term back then as the term "SEO" that you see nowadays. The onsite IT staff basically became CORs and COTRs for the contracts, getting all the requirements together and managing the task orders.

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The Pentagon just cut $5.1 billion in IT and consulting contracts with firms like Accenture and Deloitte [View all] BumRushDaShow Apr 11 OP

Don't need them now that the DOGE Hacker boys are on the scene mdbl Apr 11 #1

Hmm, maybe this kind of thing is why the BLS reported this morning that producer prices dived 0.4% in March progree Apr 11 #2

And usually CNBC blares out a breaking news banner on this BumRushDaShow Apr 11 #3

Thanks! nt progree Apr 11 #4

It's up. BumRushDaShow Apr 11 #6

"the Consumer Sentiment ... (someone else can go ahead with that )" -- I see why you wanted to avoid progree Apr 11 #11

Well I provided 12 PREVIOUS examples of the posting of that BumRushDaShow Apr 11 #12

Surveys and features progree Apr 13 #17

What is tricky though BumRushDaShow Apr 13 #18

The dirty little secret is the DoD has NO competency in IT..... getagrip_already Apr 11 #5

Exactly BumRushDaShow Apr 11 #8

My story was similar ... SomewhereInTheMiddle Apr 14 #19

A lot has been contracted out, but there are still civil servants who know Deminpenn Apr 14 #20

They might know how to "run IT" BumRushDaShow Apr 14 #22

exactly sysadmins can keep things running, but can't fix apps or tune shite getagrip_already Apr 14 #23

"Just look up Louisiana Cobol Mainframe Issues." BumRushDaShow Apr 14 #24

Guess what atreides1 Apr 11 #7

Hey, that money is needed for essential multibillion $$$ contracts with Starlink and X ! eppur_se_muova Apr 11 #9

Amazon is a HUGE IT provider Ursus Rex Apr 11 #10

Amazon's AWS already has a significant chunk of of those contracts BumRushDaShow Apr 11 #14

He has no idea what the fuck he is doing. milestogo Apr 11 #13

See my post below 100% knows the grift JCMach1 Apr 12 #16

We are now actively doing shakedowns for $$$ and JCMach1 Apr 12 #15

Hegseth is a broken clock here. He's right Deminpenn Apr 14 #21