Daily Archives: November 19, 2006

A really expensive symbolic gesture

Posted on November 19, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

How much would you pay for a really big, really grand important symbolic gesture? The Bush administration’s proposal to secure the nation’s borders with a high-tech “virtual fence” is likely to cost far more than the $2 billion that industry … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Another TIERS software screwup

Posted on November 19, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Another day, another screwup in the privatization of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Glitches in the state’s new computer system have left investigators unable to check for fraud and overpayments in food-stamp and other benefit programs in the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Budget ballyhoo | 1 Comment