It's been almost three weeks since the major issues that stemmed from the launch of HealthCare.gov and the site's problems remain in headlines. The website of the president's signature policy initiative was bloated, bringing tech contractors and government workers under fire for the site's problems.
Noble Ackerson has worked on both sides of that divide. As a former official at the Virginia Governor's office, he worked on technology policy. And in private industry, he's worked as a consultant and, most recently, founded Byte an Atom Research. Ackerson explained to host Mark Micheli best practices for testing of web applications like HealthCare.gov, the problems with such a project and the issues inherent in government contracting.
The music in the podcast is John Pazdan's "The Long Goodbye," used under a Creative Commons attribution license.
