HealthCare.gov Contract: Politics Not a Factor, but Neither Were Firm’s Ties to Failed Projects

Firstly, politics is always a factor, even when it doesn't come to light. Then there's this: “Not considered in the 2011 selection process was the history of numerous executives at CGI Federal, who had come from another company that had mishandled at least 20 other government ­information technology projects more than a decade ago.”