How Crucial is a Systems Integrator? Without One, You Might Wind up with HealthCare.gov

Nextgov: More than a year after the launch of HealthCare.gov, the Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general is providing a glimpse into some of the initial critical contracting blunders that set the site up for failure.

One of the most obvious missteps cited by auditors in new report released Tuesday? The lack of a lead systems integrator -- a contractor or in-house unit – given responsibility for overseeing all of the project’s moving parts.

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