4 lessons from SBAs $30M Certify platform debacle

Published: Aug. 18, 2020, 2:01 p.m.

b"It's a story you've probably heard before. An agency hires experts to develop a new technology platform only for the project to go off the rails almost immediately. \\n\\nThe Small Business Administration's certify dot sba dot gov initiative is that story. The agency's inspector general said SBA wasted almost $30 million on this four-year effort.\\n\\nIn his weekly feature, the Reporter's Notebook, executive editor Jason Miller writes about why this is more than a story of another failed project, but one that offers an inside view into why federal projects do fail and how simple steps could change the direction of any IT project. Jason joined the Federal Drive to discuss.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"