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Creating a State Software Collaborative

Creating a State Software Collaborative
2020
Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University
Author(s): 
Robin Carnahan, Waldo Jaquith
Creating a State Software Collaborative
Source Sector(s)
Academic
Benefits Program
SNAP: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Medicaid/CHIP
UI: Unemployment Insurance
Level of Government
State/Provincial
Location
United States
Format
Non-Academic Article

Only 13% of major government software projects succeed, and the successful and failed ones alike cost 5–10 times more than they should. When those projects fail, so too do the public policy initiatives that depend on them: unemployment insurance, small business loans, paid family and medical leave, SNAP, Medicaid, etc.