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26 Nov 2009

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Happy Thanksgiving from got geoint?

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Thanksgiving09Right about now, most of our readers are gathered with family and loved ones getting ready to enjoy a Thanksgiving feast. The editorial staff of got geoint? would like to wish everyone a healthy and happy Thanksgiving. For your reading pleasure, we found an article from our friends at Washington Technology that highlights “7 Government IT Turkeys,” projects that were essentially doomed. As the article states, “some of these projects have been unmitigated disasters, abandoned before the pop-up thermometer ever popped up, after years of work and millions, or even billions, of dollars. Others scuffled along for years — frustrating department heads, Congress and regular users while keeping inspectors general and the Government Accountability Office fully employed – before coughing up some results.” So, if you are in the need of some holiday-time schadenfreude, check out the full article here. Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving!

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