http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/2/government-wasted-billions-on-it-systems-say-watch/

The federal government has wasted hundreds of billions of dollars over several decades by building its information technology from scratch rather than buying off-the-shelf systems, public watchdog groups say.

"Fundamentally, history has shown that the federal government is woefully lacking for processing tech innovations for themselves because they operate on a different set of incentives than the innovative private sector," said Curtis Kalin, spokesman for Citizens Against Government Waste.