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[โ€“] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's interesting how some govt programs literally fly, faster than sound, if the end result is a loud bang.

Meanwhile ones that are ostensibly meant to help people (SSA, VA, WIC) have the lowest quality programmers and program managers fucking it up for everyone.

[โ€“] InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

I can't speak for the others that you mention, but truthfully the WIC programs were actually fairly well fleshed out and the transitions introduced a lot of much needed changes to make the program more efficient. There were just a lot of moving parts and every state handled things a little differently.

Most of the friction was coming from the fact that the changeover introduced a lot of validation and oversight that customers and retailers were not used to with the older systems.